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First report of serotype 23B Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from an adult patient with invasive infection in Japan

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Serotype 23B Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from a 67-year-old Japanese patient with meningitis. This isolate was susceptible to penicillin G, while genotyped as gPISP with a mutation in a penicillin-binding… Click to show full abstract

Serotype 23B Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from a 67-year-old Japanese patient with meningitis. This isolate was susceptible to penicillin G, while genotyped as gPISP with a mutation in a penicillin-binding motif in PBP2b. The 23B isolate was assigned to ST11996 that is related to CC439, a dominant group among serotype 23B.

Keywords: streptococcus pneumoniae; pneumoniae isolated; 23b streptococcus; serotype 23b

Journal Title: New Microbes and New Infections
Year Published: 2017

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