Simultaneous Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Two Pneumococcal Multilocus Sequence Types with a Serotype 3 Phenotype. (1st December 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Inverarity, Donald; Diggle, Mathew; Ure, Roisin; Santana-Hernandez, Diego; Altstadt, Peter; Mitchell, Timothy; Edwards, Giles
• Other Names: Dei-Cas Eduardo Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of microbiology. Volume 2010(2010)
• Publication Date: 2010-12-01
• Subjects: Microbiology -- Periodicals; Microbiology; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 579
• DOI: 10.1155/2010/765479
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-918X

Abstract

Abstract : Knowledge of the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease in Bolivia is sparse, and Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) of isolates has not been previously possible. Beni state has until recently been a geographically isolated region of the Bolivian Amazon basin and is a region of significant poverty. During June and July 2007, we performed a pneumococcal carriage study recruiting over 600 schoolchildren in two towns in the Beni state. Here, we describe the unique identification of simultaneous nasopharyngeal carriage of two pneumococcal multilocus sequence types with a serotype 3 phenotype within a single subject.