Clonal expansion of the macrolide resistant ST386 within pneumococcal serotype 6C in France.

In France, the use of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) lead to an overall significant decrease in PCV7 invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) incidence. However, the decrease in vaccine serotype prevalence was partially counterbalanced by the serotype replacement phenomenon. In this s...

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Main Authors: Claire Janoir, Robert Cohen, Corinne Levy, Edouard Bingen, Agnès Lepoutre, Laurent Gutmann, Emmanuelle Varon, Observatoires Régionaux du Pneumocoque (ORP) network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24603763/?tool=EBI