A report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in Europe.

ABSTRACT: Serotype 6D of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been reported in Asia and the Fijian islands among nasopharyngeal carriage isolates. We now report a 6D isolate from a Finnish adult with invasive pneumococcal disease. Interestingly, the Finnish isolate and Asian isolate capsule gene loci are almost identical.

SUBMITTER: Nahm MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3052471 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature