与肺炎患者住院成人的肺炎球菌殖民地相变相关的临床特征

Shuhei Ideguchi1,2, Kazuko Yamamoto1,2, Takahiro Takazono2

  • 1First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.

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概括

造成肺炎的细菌Streptococcus pneumoniae的不透明变体与患者的细菌病率更高有关. 这一发现表明不透明可能预测侵入性肺炎球菌病 (IPD).

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