Recurrent Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children: Underlying Clinical Conditions, and Immunological and Microbiological Characteristics

• Laia Alsina,

  Affiliations Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Functional Unit of Immunology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clinic. Barcelona, Spain

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• Maria G. Basteiro,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Hector D. de Paz,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Melania Iñigo,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Mariona F. de Sevilla,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Miriam Triviño,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Manel Juan,

  Affiliations Immunology Service, Hospital Clinic and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi y Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Functional Unit of Immunology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clinic. Barcelona, Spain

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• Carmen Muñoz-Almagro

  * E-mail: cma@hsjdbcn.org

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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