SEROTYPES IN ADULT INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE IN LATIN AMERICA BEFORE WIDESPREAD USE OF PCV13 AMONG PERSONS >50 YEARS OLD.

H. Vázquez¹, V. Confalonieri², M. Marín², S. Fossati³, M. Regueira³,  A. Corso⁴, D. Stamboulian¹

¹FIDEC (Fighting Infectious Diseases in Emerging Countries), Miami, FL, USA. ²FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos), Buenos Aires, Argentina. ³Clinical Microbiology Service and ⁴Antimicrobial Service, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INEI)-ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

9^th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases. March 9-13, 2014. Hyderabad, India.

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