Population biology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from oropharyngeal carriage and invasive disease.

The population structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sample of 134 carried antibiotic-susceptible isolates, and 53 resistant and susceptible invasive isolates, was examined using a DNA-based version of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis: multilocus restriction typing (MLRT). This involved RFLP a...

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Main Authors: Müller-Graf, C, Whatmore, A, King, S, Trzcinski, K, Pickerill, A, Doherty, N, Paul, J, Griffiths, D, Crook, D, Dowson, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999