Examination of 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region (ISR) heterogeneity in a population of clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae- a new laboratory epidemiological genotyping tool to aid outbreak analysis

JE MooreNorthern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

J HirayamaNorthern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;Laboratory for Molecular Biology, School of Environmental Health Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan

K HayashiNorthern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;Laboratory for Molecular Biology, School of Environmental Health Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan

C MasonSchool of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

W CoulterSchool of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

M MatsudaLaboratory for Molecular Biology, School of Environmental Health Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan

CE GoldsmithNorthern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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