| Literature DB >> 27974545 |
Sandra S Richter1, Daniel M Musher2.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae has demonstrated a remarkable ability to adapt during the conjugate vaccine era. The increasing incidence of serotype 35B disease and emergence of a multidrug-resistant clone reported in this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (L. Olarte et al., J Clin Microbiol 55:724-734, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01778-16) underscore the limitations of pneumococcal vaccines that target the polysaccharide capsule.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27974545 PMCID: PMC5328434 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02283-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948