First Two Cases of Infected Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Non-Vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 23A

Ann Lab Med. 2020 May;40(3):270-273. doi: 10.3343/alm.2020.40.3.270.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase / genetics
  • Pneumococcal Infections / complications
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / metabolism
  • Serogroup
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • LytB protein, Streptococcus
  • N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase