Pneumococcal Aetiology and Serotype Distribution in Paediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• Iris De Schutter ,

  * E-mail: iris.deschutter@uzbrussel.be

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium

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• Anne Vergison,

  Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Disease Department, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium

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• David Tuerlinckx,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Université Catholique Louvain, University Hospital Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium

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• Marc Raes,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Virga Jesse Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium

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• Julie Smet,

  Affiliations Immunobiology Clinic, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Vaccinology and Mucosal Immunity, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Pierre R. Smeesters,

  Affiliations Bacterial Genetics and Physiology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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• Jan Verhaegen,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine-Microbiology, Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory, Universitair Ziekenhuis Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Françoise Mascart,

  Affiliations Immunobiology Clinic, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Vaccinology and Mucosal Immunity, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Filip Surmont,

  Affiliation Pfizer Inc., Brussels, Belgium

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• Anne Malfroot

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium

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