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Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
Research

Changes in Capsule and Drug Resistance of Pneumococci after Introduction of PCV7, Japan, 2010–2013

Naoko Chiba, Miyuki Morozumi, Michi Shouji, Takeaki Wajima, Satoshi Iwata, Kimiko UbukataComments to Author , and the Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Surveillance Study Group
Author affiliations: Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (N. Chiba, M. Morozumi, S. Iwata, K. Ubukata); Kitasato University, Tokyo (N. Chiba, M. Morozumi, K. Ubukata); National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (M. Shouji); Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo (T. Wajima)

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Figure 4

Changes in serotype number and macrolide resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains according to genotype, Japan, April 2010–March 2013. MLS, macrolide-susceptible strains not possessing any resistance gene; MLR-mef(A), macrolide-resistant strain possessing the mef(A) gene; MLR-erm(B), macrolide-resistant strain possessing the erm(B) gene; MLR-mef(A)+erm(B), macrolide-resistant strain possessing both mef(A) and erm(B) genes.

Figure 4. Changes in serotype number and macrolide resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains according to genotype, Japan, April 2010–March 2013MLS, macrolide-susceptible strains not possessing any resistance gene; MLR-mef(A), macrolide-resistant strain possessing the mef(A) gene; MLR-erm(B), macrolide-resistant strain possessing the erm(B) gene; MLR-mef(A)+erm(B), macrolide-resistant strain possessing both mef(A) and erm(B) genes.

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