Comparative Genomic Analysis of Meningitis- and Bacteremia-Causing Pneumococci Identifies a Common Core Genome
Kulohoma BW, Cornick JE, Chaguza C, Yalcin F, Harris SR, Gray KJ, Kiran AM, Molyneux E, French N, Parkhill J, Faragher BE, Everett DB, Bentley SD, Heyderman RS. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Meningitis- and Bacteremia-Causing Pneumococci Identifies a Common Core Genome. Infection And Immunity 2015, 83: 4165-4173. PMID: 26259813, PMCID: PMC4567637, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00814-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBloodstream infectionsSterile sitesPneumococcal population structureDisease manifestationsMeningitisVaccine candidatesS. pneumoniaeStreptococcus pneumoniaeNasopharyngeal commensalPneumococciVirulence factorsWhole-genome sequencingInfectionPneumoniaeVirulence behaviorPresence/absenceIsolatesMeninges