High carriage rate of high-level penicillin-resistant <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>in a Taiwan kindergarten associated with a case of pneumococcal meningitis

High carriage rate of high-level penicillin-resistant <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>in a Taiwan kindergarten associated with a case of pneumococcal meningitis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Taiwan<sup>19F</sup>-14 <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>clone and its variants are being found with increasing frequency in the Asia-Pacific region. A 5-year old child <it>with S. pneumoniae </i...

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Main Authors: Lin Yu, Huang I Fei, Cheng Ming, Lee Wei, Lauderdale Tsai-Ling, Hseih Kai, Huang I-Wen, Chiou Christine C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/96

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