Assessment of the local clonal spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F caused invasive pneumococcal diseases among children and adults

• Main Authors: Noriko Nakanishi (Author), Takeshi Yonezawa (Author), Shinobu Tanaka (Author), Yuki Shirouzu (Author), Yuki Naito (Author), Akemi Ozaki (Author), Natsuki Hama (Author), Akihiro Ijichi (Author), Tomotada Iwamoto (Author), Ryohei Nomoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We conducted active surveillance to elucidate the distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and clarified the genetic relatedness among the isolates in Kobe City, Japan. Methods: Forty-five IPD-causing S. pneumoniae strains were analyz...