First report of serotype 23B Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from an adult patient with invasive infection in Japan

Abstract Serotype 23B Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from a 67-year-old Japanese patient with meningitis. This isolate was susceptible to penicillin G, while genotyped as gPISP with a mutation in a penicillin-binding motif in PBP2b. The 23B isolate was assigned to ST11996 that is related to C...

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Published inNew microbes and new infections Vol. 17; no. C; pp. 96 - 97
Main Authors Takamatsu, A, Kawaguchiya, M, Chang, B, Ito, M, Hirano, Y, Katsuta, S, Matsuzaka, S, Serizawa, Y, Kobayashi, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2017
Elsevier
Subjects
Infectious Disease
Invasive infection
Japan
Letter to the Editor
serotype 23B
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Invasive infection
serotype 23B
Japan
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Summary:Abstract Serotype 23B Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from a 67-year-old Japanese patient with meningitis. This isolate was susceptible to penicillin G, while genotyped as gPISP with a mutation in a penicillin-binding motif in PBP2b. The 23B isolate was assigned to ST11996 that is related to CC439, a dominant group among serotype 23B.
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ISSN:2052-2975
2052-2975
DOI:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.02.008