In vivo capsular switch in Streptococcus pneumoniae--analysis by whole genome sequencing.

In vivo capsular switch in Streptococcus pneumoniae--analysis by whole genome sequencing.

Two multidrug resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae - SV35-T23 (capsular type 23F) and SV36-T3 (capsular type 3) were recovered from the nasopharynx of two adult patients during an outbreak of pneumococcal disease in a New York hospital in 1996. Both strains belonged to the pandemic lineage...

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Main Authors: Fen Z Hu, Rory Eutsey, Azad Ahmed, Nelson Frazao, Evan Powell, N Luisa Hiller, Todd Hillman, Farrel J Buchinsky, Robert Boissy, Benjamin Janto, Jennifer Kress-Bennett, Mark Longwell, Suzanne Ezzo, J Christopher Post, Mirjana Nesin, Alexander Tomasz, Garth D Ehrlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3493582?pdf=render

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