Yun, Ki Wook
Choi, Eun Hwa
Lee, Hoan Jong
Kang, Jin Han
Kim, Kyung-Hyo
Kim, Dong Soo
Kim, Yae-Jean
Eun, Byung Wook
Oh, Sung Hee
Cho, Hye-Kyung
Hong, Young Jin
Kim, Kwang Nam
Kim, Nam Hee
Kim, Yun-Kyung
Lee, Hyunju
Lee, Taekjin
Kim, Hwang Min
Cho, Eun Young
Kim, Chun Soo
Park, Su Eun
Oh, Chi Eun
Jo, Dae Sun
Choi, Young Youn
Lee, Jina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of health and welfare, Republic of Korea (HI-12C0756)
Article History
Received: 19 October 2017
Accepted: 30 May 2018
First Online: 8 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Seoul National University Hospital (IRB registration number 1106–015-364) and each participating institute. Informed consent was waived, because the study was retrospective and the pneumococcal isolates were obtained as a standard part of routine patient care.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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