Nasopharyngeal colonization in Southern Israel with antibiotic-resistant pneumococci during the first 2 years of life: Relation to serotypes likely to be included in pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1352-1355

  Dagan, Ron ^a   Melamed, Rimma ^b   Muallem, Marie ^b   Piglansky, Lolita ^b   Yagupsky, Pablo ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029804587     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.6.1352     Document Type: Article

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