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Hidemasa Akazawa1, Shinnosuke Fukushima1,2, Kenta Nakamoto1

  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.

Infection
|September 23, 2025
PubMed
概括

耐多药性肺炎链球菌可以导致早期的医院获得的肺炎,通常会错过标准治疗. 对MDR血清型15A等新兴菌株的监测对于有效的患者护理至关重要.

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