Nasopharyngeal carriage of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci by children in group day care

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 256-263

  Henderson, Frederick W ^a   Gilligan, Peter H ^a   Wait, Kimberly ^a   Goff, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMOXICILLIN; CARRIER STATE; CEFUROXIME; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0023905807     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/157.2.256     Document Type: Article

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