Multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive pneumococcal disease isolated from a paediatric patient

The emergence of non-vaccine multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes is on rise. This study was performed to investigate a highly resistant serotype 15A S. pneumoniae isolated from the blood specimen of a 20-month-old patient who died of her infection. The SS40_16 isolate was resistan...

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Main Authors: Revathy Arushothy, Hema Ramasamy, Rohaidah Hashim, Santhana Raj A.S, Fairuz Amran, Nazirah Samsuddin, Norazah Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121930431X