title: Serotype distribution, clonality and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal isolates in a central Italian region: implications for vaccine strategies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare--Clinica e Laboratorio di Malattie Infettive, Università di Siena, Ospedale Le Scotte, Piano 0 lotto IV. Viale Bracci, 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. zanchi2@unisi.it
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanchi
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montagnani
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stolzuoli
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cellesi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines