Serogroup 6 was widely represented in nasopharyngeal specimens from all five cohorts.
Melina Messaoudi, Milen Milenkov, Werner C. Albrich, Mark P. G. van der Linden, ThomasBénet, Monidarin Chou, Mariam Sylla, Patricia Barreto Costa, Nathalie Richard, KeithP. Klugman, Hubert P. Endtz, Gláucia Paranhos-Baccalà, Jean-Noël Telles 2016, 'The Relevance of a Novel Quantitative Assay to Detect up to 40 Major Streptococcuspneumoniae Serotypes Directly in Clinical Nasopharyngeal and Blood Specimens', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0151428. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The isolated strains were characterized by virulence type, serogroup, phage type and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Jalava Katri, Ollgren Jukka, Eklund Marjut, Siitonen Anja, Kuusi Markku 2011, 'Agricultural, socioeconomic and environmental variables as risks for human verotoxigenicEscherichia coli (VTEC) infection in Finland', BMC Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/11/275. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Serogroup distribution was highly variable among countries.
Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón, Ana Paula Lemos, Maria Cecilia Gorla, Mabel Regueira, Jean-MarcGabastou 2012, 'Laboratory-based surveillance of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from disease casesin Latin American and Caribbean countries, SIREVA II 2006-2010.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3431326?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This suggested the observed pattern was a consequence of selection for preserving serogroup.
Nicholas J Croucher, Lisa Kagedan, Claudette M Thompson, Julian Parkhill, StephenD Bentley, Jonathan A Finkelstein, Marc Lipsitch, William P Hanage 2015, 'Selective and genetic constraints on pneumococcal serotype switching.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4380333?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Forty-five (6.5%) samples resulted positive at least at one serogroup.
Lia Bardasi, Roberta Taddei, Lucia Nocera, Matteo Ricchi, Giuseppe Merialdi 2015, 'Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in meat and vegetable products in Emilia RomagnaRegion, years 2012-2013', Italian Journal of Food Safetyhttp://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ijfs/article/view/4511. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Serogroup/type distribution varied with geographical location.
Sarah Hanieh, Mainga Hamaluba, Dominic F Kelly, Jane A Metz, Kelly L Wyres, RobertaFisher, Rahul Pradhan, Disuja Shakya, Lochan Shrestha, Amrita Shrestha, Anip Joshi,Jocelyn Habens, Bishnu D Maharjan, Stephen Thorson, Erik Bohler, Ly-Mee Yu, SarahKelly, Emma Plested, Tessa John, Anja M Werno, Neelam Adhikari, David R Murdoch, AngelaB Brueggemann, Andrew J Pollard 2014, 'Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: evaluation of a method fordelayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4048273?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A quantitative rocket immunoelectrophoresis assay was employed to determine the polysaccharide contents of each serogroup.
Imran Khan, K. M. Taufiqur Rahman, S. M. Saad Us Siraj, Mahbubul Karim, Abdul Muktadir,Arpan Maheshwari, Md Azizul Kabir, Zebun Nahar, Mohammad Mainul Ahasan 2016, 'A High-Throughput Size Exclusion Chromatography Method to Determine the MolecularSize Distribution of Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine', International Journal of Analytical Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9404068. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A strain classified in serogroup canicola was isolated from blood culture.
Alfredo Seijo, Yamila Romer, Jorge San Juan, Raúl Prieto, Mabel Nogueras, LautaroDe Vedia, Luis Font Nine, Sergio Giamperetti 2011, 'Neumonía aguda de la comunidad y hemorragia pulmonar por leptospirosis en el áreametropolitana Buenos Aires Community acquired pneumonia and pulmonary hemorrhage inleptospirosis in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area', Medicina (Buenos Aires)http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0025-76802011000200003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)