Genomic characterization of the emerging pathogen Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae

• Main Authors: Garriss, Geneviève, Nannapaneni, Priyanka, Simões, Alexandra S., Browall, Sarah, Subramanian, Karthik, Sá-Leão, Raquel, Goossens, Herman, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, De Lencastre, Herminia
• Other Authors: Vogel, Joerg
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Streptococcus Pseudopneumoniae; Infectious Disease; Science::General
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85637; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49827
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae is a close relative of the major human pathogen S. pneumoniae. It is increasingly associated with lower-respiratory-tract infections (LRTI) and a high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). S. pseudopneumoniae is difficult to identify using traditional typing me...