Serotypes and Clonal Diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in the Era of PCV13 in Catalonia, Spain

• Eva del Amo,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

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• Cristina Esteva,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

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• Susanna Hernandez-Bou,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu and University of Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

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• Carmen Galles,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Sant Jaume, Calella, Spain

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• Marian Navarro,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Vic, Vic. Spain

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• Goretti Sauca,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain

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• Alvaro Diaz,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Nens, Barcelona, Spain

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• Paula Gassiot,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Figueres, Figueres, Spain

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• Carmina Marti,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain

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• Nieves Larrosa,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

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• Pilar Ciruela,

  Affiliation Public Health Agency, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

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• Mireia Jane,

  Affiliation Public Health Agency, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

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• Raquel Sá-Leão,

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

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• Carmen Muñoz-Almagro ,

  * E-mail: cma@hsjdbcn.org

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

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• Catalan Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease