Spread of ceftriaxone non-susceptible pneumococci in South Korea: Long-term care facilities as a potential reservoir

Min Joo Choi; Ji Yun Noh; Hee Jin Cheong; Woo Joo Kim; Min Ja Kim; Ye Seul Jang; Saem Na Lee; Eun Hwa Choi; Hoan Jong Lee; Joon Young Song

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210520

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Spread of ceftriaxone non-susceptible pneumococci in South Korea: Long-term care facilities as a potential reservoir

Min Joo Choi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji Yun Noh,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hee Jin Cheong,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Woo Joo Kim,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Min Ja Kim,

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ye Seul Jang,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Saem Na Lee,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Eun Hwa Choi,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hoan Jong Lee,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Joon Young Song

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: infection@korea.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-7194

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Spread of ceftriaxone non-susceptible pneumococci in South Korea: Long-term care facilities as a potential reservoir

Min Joo Choi,
Ji Yun Noh,
Hee Jin Cheong,
Woo Joo Kim,
Min Ja Kim,
Ye Seul Jang,
Saem Na Lee,
Eun Hwa Choi,
Hoan Jong Lee,
Joon Young Song

Published: January 30, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210520

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