Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s
Almost all of the multiresistant pneumococci that appeared suddenly in clinical specimens in Iceland between 1989 and 1992 belonged to serogroup 6. Fifty-seven of these isolates were analyzed for serotype, penicillin-binding protein pattern, multilocus enzyme genotype, and fragmentation pattern obta...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:jinfdis:168/1/158 2023-05-15T16:45:34+02:00 Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s Soares, Sonia Kristinsson, Karl G. Musser, James M. Tomasz, Alexander 1993-07-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/168/1/158 https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/168.1.158 en eng Oxford University Press http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/168/1/158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/168.1.158 Copyright (C) 1993, Infectious Diseases Society of America Major Articles TEXT 1993 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/168.1.158 2013-05-28T00:34:53Z Almost all of the multiresistant pneumococci that appeared suddenly in clinical specimens in Iceland between 1989 and 1992 belonged to serogroup 6. Fifty-seven of these isolates were analyzed for serotype, penicillin-binding protein pattern, multilocus enzyme genotype, and fragmentation pattern obtained by pulsed-field electrophoretic separation of restriction enzyme digests of chromosomal DNA. All isolates were of serotype 6B and had similar or identical patterns in each molecular test. The Icelandic isolates were indistinguishable from a subgroup of multiresistant serotype 6B pneumococci that has been present with high incidence in Spain during the past two decades. The data suggest the import to Iceland of a single multiresistant clone of pneumococcus, most likely from Spain. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) Journal of Infectious Diseases 168 1 158 163 |
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Almost all of the multiresistant pneumococci that appeared suddenly in clinical specimens in Iceland between 1989 and 1992 belonged to serogroup 6. Fifty-seven of these isolates were analyzed for serotype, penicillin-binding protein pattern, multilocus enzyme genotype, and fragmentation pattern obtained by pulsed-field electrophoretic separation of restriction enzyme digests of chromosomal DNA. All isolates were of serotype 6B and had similar or identical patterns in each molecular test. The Icelandic isolates were indistinguishable from a subgroup of multiresistant serotype 6B pneumococci that has been present with high incidence in Spain during the past two decades. The data suggest the import to Iceland of a single multiresistant clone of pneumococcus, most likely from Spain. |
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Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s |
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Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s |
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Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s |
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Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s |
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Evidence for the Introduction of a Multiresistant Clone of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the Late 1980s |
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evidence for the introduction of a multiresistant clone of serotype 6b streptococcus pneumoniae from spain to iceland in the late 1980s |
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