Improved penicillin susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae and increased penicillin consumption in Japan, 2013–18

• Shinya Tsuzuki ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: stsuzuki@hosp.ncgm.go.jp(ST); nomatsunaga@hosp.ncgm.go.jp(NM)

  Affiliations AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8504-1244

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• Takayuki Akiyama,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Nobuaki Matsunaga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stsuzuki@hosp.ncgm.go.jp(ST); nomatsunaga@hosp.ncgm.go.jp(NM)

  Affiliation AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koji Yahara,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Keigo Shibayama,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Motoyuki Sugai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Norio Ohmagari

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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