Epidemiology of moraxella catarrhalis in children during the first 2 years of life: Relationship to otitis media

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1312-1317

  Faden, Howard ^a,b   Harabuchi, Yasuaki ^a,b   Hong, Jong J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OTITIS MEDIA; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028236518     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/169.6.1312     Document Type: Article

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