Subcutaneous abscess caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 28F in an infant: a case report

• Main Authors: Tomohiro Hirade (Author), Ai Harada (Author), Daisuke Koike (Author), Yasuhiro Abe (Author), Tsuyoshi Higuchi (Author), Fumihide Kato (Author), Bin Chang (Author), Akiyoshi Nariai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is defined by the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae on culture from samples obtained from a normally sterile site. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) have been developed for the prevention of IPD that is caused by highly virulent serotyp...