title: A report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in Europe.
abstract: Serotype 6D of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been reported in Asia and the Fijian islands among nasopharyngeal carriage isolates. We now report a 6D isolate from a Finnish adult with invasive pneumococcal disease. Interestingly, the Finnish isolate and Asian isolate capsule gene loci are almost identical.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Nahm
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Siira
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaijalainen
authors.affiliation: Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lambertsen
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Virolainen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial