Abstract
We studied the epidemiology of the recently described serotype 6C of Streptococcus pneumoniae among a collection of carriage isolates recovered between 1996 and 2007 in Portugal. Of 4,064 isolates, 106 (2.6%) were of serotype 6C, 17.9% of which were multidrug resistant. The strains were genetically diverse.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Carrier State / epidemiology*
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Carrier State / microbiology*
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Child, Preschool
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Humans
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
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Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Portugal / epidemiology
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Serotyping
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*