Nasopharyngeal carriage, serotype, antimicrobial susceptibility, and genotype of pneumococci in young healthy children attending daycare centres in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Objective: Implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) targeting selected serotypes has led to a decrease in invasive pneumococcal diseases. In Malaysia, PCV10 was recently included in the national immunisation programme. Therefore, monitoring serotype distribution and antimicrobial resi...

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Published in:	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Main Authors:	Norfazlina Mohamad, Maitasha Alia Meor Yahaya, AbdulRahman Muthanna, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Elysha Nur Ismail, Rahmat Dapari, Anita Abd Rahman, Ahmad Najib Hasan, Niazlin Mohd Taib, Siti Norbaya Masri, Hui Yee Chee, Sithra Rengasamy, Norlijah Othman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-09-01
Subjects:	Pneumococci Sequence type (ST) Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) Serotype Antimicrobial susceptibility Carriage
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716525001225