1. First report of an outbreak of pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A
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Bojana Beović, Metka Paragi, Karla Prebil, Katja Seme, Blanka Kores Plesnicar, Tamara Kastrin, Žiga Martinčič, and Bojana Petek
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Serotype ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030106 microbiology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A ,Disease Outbreaks ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Epidemiology ,Streptococcus pneumoniae ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Outbreak ,General Medicine ,Pneumonia, Pneumococcal ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Pneumonia ,Female ,business - Abstract
Five patients in a geropsychiatric unit of a psychiatric hospital became abruptly ill with pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A. Four other residents were colonized with the same serotype, which has previously not been reported in association with pneumonia outbreaks. Furthermore, serotype 6A is not included in all vaccine types, which may be important for the choice of vaccine in some settings. All isolates showed identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis restriction patterns.
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- 2015
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