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Serotype distribution, clonality and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal isolates in a central Italian region: implications for vaccine strategies

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Abbreviations

MIC:

minimal inhibitory concentration

CLSI:

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

PCV7:

pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 7-valent

PFGE:

pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

PPV23:

pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine 23-valent

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Acknowledgements

A.Z. and F.M. contributed equally to this work.

No potential conflict of interest was reported. This study was financially supported by P.A.R. 2003 University of Siena, Italy.

We are grateful to directors and staff of the Streptococcal Reference Unit of Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, and particularly we thank Dr Siobhan Martin for pneumococcal strains serotyping.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare - Clinica e Laboratorio di Malattie Infettive, Università di Siena, Ospedale Le Scotte, Piano 0 lotto IV. Viale Bracci, 16, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Alessandra Zanchi, Francesca Montagnani, Lucia Stolzuoli & Carla Cellesi

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Zanchi, A., Montagnani, F., Stolzuoli, L. et al. Serotype distribution, clonality and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal isolates in a central Italian region: implications for vaccine strategies. Eur J Pediatr 166, 875–877 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0318-6

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