Carriage of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in a military population in Washington, DC: Risk factors and correlation with clinical isolates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 966-972

  Fairchok, Mary P ^a   Ashton, W Scott ^b   Fischer, Gerald W ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029759923     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.966     Document Type: Article

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