Serotype Distribution, Antibiotic Resistance and Clonality of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Immunocompromised Patients in Tunisia

• Anis Raddaoui ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anis Raddaoui, Alexandra S. Simões

  Affiliations Laboratory of the National Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie, University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Tunis, Tunisie

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• Alexandra S. Simões ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anis Raddaoui, Alexandra S. Simões

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Rekaya Baaboura,

  Affiliations Laboratory of the National Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie, UR12ES02, Microbiologie de la Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie

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• Sofia Félix,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Wafa Achour,

  Affiliations Laboratory of the National Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie, UR12ES02, Microbiologie de la Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie

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• Tarek Ben Othman,

  Affiliation Hematology Ward, National Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie

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• Mohamed Béjaoui,

  Affiliation Pediatric Immuno-hematology Ward, National Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie

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• Raquel Sá-Leão ,

  * E-mail: assiabenhassen28@gmail.com (ABH); rsaleao@itqb.unl.pt (RSL)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Assia Ben Hassen

  * E-mail: assiabenhassen28@gmail.com (ABH); rsaleao@itqb.unl.pt (RSL)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Laboratory of the National Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie, UR12ES02, Microbiologie de la Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie

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