Colonization with penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in urban and rural child-care centers

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 667-672

  Boken, Daniel J ^b,c   Chartrand, Stephen A ^b,c   Moland, Ellen Smith ^a   Goering, Richard V ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

capsular serotype; Penicillin resistance; pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; NEBRASKA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029784065     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199608000-00006     Document Type: Article

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