Molecular typing of pneumococci for investigation of linked cases of invasive pneumococcal disease

Bruno Pichon*, Laura Moyce, Carmen Sheppard, Mary Slack, Deborah Turbitt, Richard Pebody, David A. Spencer, Justin Edwards, Daniel Krahé, Robert George

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Abstract

In winter 2007-2008, an outbreak of pediatric pneumonia caused by serotype 5 pneumococci was identified in a northeast London suburb. Variable number of tandem repeat analyses clustered these pneumococci from the other serotype 5 pneumococci in the United Kingdom, highlighting the importance of this discriminative typing method in supporting epidemiological investigations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1926-1928
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume48
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2010

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