Streptococcus pneumoniae: distribution of serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility in patients with cancer

• Main Authors: Araceli Soto-Noguerón (Author), María Noemí Carnalla-Barajas (Author), Patricia Cornejo-Juárez (Author), Patricia Volkow-Fernández (Author), María Elena Velázquez-Meza (Author), Grupo SIREVA-México (Author), Gabriela Echániz-Aviles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To describe the distribution of pneumococ­cal serotypes causing infectious diseases in patients with hematological malignancies and solid tumors and their antimicrobial susceptibility before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in Mexico. Mate­rials and methods....