Genomic insights into the expansion of meropenem-resistant GPSC1-CC320 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates from children under 5 years of age with invasive infections, 2018–2024

• Jin Lee,

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

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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• Jungsun Park,

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

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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• Tae-Min La,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Ji-Yeon Hyeon,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Hwanhee Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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• Seo Yeon Ko,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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• Dong Hyeok Kim,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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• Jaeil Yoo,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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• Junyoung Kim

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

  * E-mail: jun49@hanmail.net

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, Department of Laboratory Diagnosis and Analysis, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-291X

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