Heterogeneity of pneumococcal phase variants in invasive human infections |
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| Authors: | I Serrano J Melo-Cristino M Ramirez |
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| Institution: | (1) Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Background
Streptococcus pneumoniae can be carried asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of its human host but can also cause a wide range of infections. A role
for pneumococcal phase variants in the different lifestyles of this bacterium has been suggested but no systematic survey
of the colony phenotypes of isolates associated with human infections has been undertaken. |
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