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Abstract
Multi drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae constitute a major public health concern worldwide. In this review we discuss how the transformable nature of the pneumococcus, in parallel with antimicrobial induced stress, contributes to the evolution of antimicrobial resistance; and how the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has affected the situation.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22342898 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.01.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700