Temporal Trends and Molecular Epidemiology of Recently Described Serotype 6C of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2009-02, Vol.47 (2), p.472-474
Main Authors: Nunes, Sónia, Valente, Carina, Sá-Leão, Raquel, de Lencastre, Hermínia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Carrier State - epidemiology
Carrier State - microbiology
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Molecular Epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology
Portugal - epidemiology
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01984-08