The surveillance in Spain of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in hospitals from different regions of the country was initiated in our laboratory in 1979. In that year we found that 6% of the pneumococci isolated from blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), or lower respiratory tract (LRT) specimens were
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