title: Lack of utility of serotyping multiple colonies for detection of simultaneous nasopharyngeal carriage of different pneumococcal serotypes.
authors.affiliation: MCR/SAIM/WITS Pneumococcal Diseases Research Unit, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg. robinh@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Huebner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Porath
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Wasas
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Klugman
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013019:South Africa; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media