Distribution of capsular types and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from aborigines in central Australia.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 01, 1996

Authors

M Gratten1, P Torzillo, F Morey, J Dixon, J Erlich, J Hagger, J Henrichsen

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia.

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