Streptococcus pneumoniae

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
How Valid Is Single-Colony Isolation for Surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage?
B. M. Charalambous, Ndekya M. Oriyo, S. H. Gillespie
Bacteriology
Rapid Identification of Penicillin and Macrolide Resistance Genes and Simultaneous Quantification of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Purulent Sputum Samples by Use of a Novel Real-Time Multiplex PCR Assay
Kazuko Y. Fukushima, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoichi Hirakata, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Shigeru Kohno, Shimeru Kamihira
Bacteriology
Accuracy of Phenotypic Methods for Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Included in Surveillance Programs
Sandra S. Richter, Kristopher P. Heilmann, Cassie L. Dohrn, Fathollah Riahi, Susan E. Beekmann, Gary V. Doern
Bacteriology
Comparison of Nasal Swabs with Nose Blowing for Community-Based Pneumococcal Surveillance of Healthy Children
Amanda Jane Leach, Elizabeth Stubbs, Kim Hare, Jemima Beissbarth, Peter Stanley Morris
Bacteriology
Characterization of In Vitro-Generated and Clinical Optochin-Resistant Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Argentina
Paulo R. Cortes, Andrea G. Albarracín Orio, Mabel Regueira, Germán E. Piñas, José Echenique
CASE REPORTS
Fatal Levofloxacin Failure in Treatment of a Bacteremic Patient Infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae with a Preexisting parC Mutation
M. de Cueto, J. M. Rodríguez, M. J. Soriano, L. López-Cerero, J. Venero, A. Pascual
Epidemiology
Determination of Accessory Gene Patterns Predicts the Same Relatedness among Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae as Sequencing of Housekeeping Genes Does and Represents a Novel Approach in Molecular Epidemiology
Jessica Dagerhamn, Christel Blomberg, Sarah Browall, Karin Sjöström, Eva Morfeldt, Birgitta Henriques-Normark
Epidemiology
Changes in Serotypes and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains in Cleveland: a Quarter Century of Experience
Michael R. Jacobs, Caryn E. Good, Bernard Beall, Saralee Bajaksouzian, Anne R. Windau, Cynthia G. Whitney
Bacteriology
In Vitro Bactericidal Activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Bactericidal Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Cocolonized versus Noncocolonized Children
Gili Regev-Yochay, Richard Malley, Ethan Rubinstein, Meir Raz, Ron Dagan, Marc Lipsitch
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mortality from an Uncommon Serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae with an Unusual Presentation
Henry J. Carson, Robert F. Weis

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