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A national survey on laboratory practices for specimen processing, streptococcus pneumoniae identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in CARSS Hospitals in China

Cui Jian ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jiancui@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Laboratoty Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2411-0674

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Xueman Wang,

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Laboratoty Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Shaozhen Yan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Laboratoty Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Chao Xu

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratoty Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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A national survey on laboratory practices for specimen processing, streptococcus pneumoniae identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in CARSS Hospitals in China

Cui Jian,
Xueman Wang,
Shaozhen Yan,
Chao Xu

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Published: August 12, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0353484

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