Colonization with antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-535

  Steele, R W ^a   Warrier, R ^a   Unkel, P J ^a   Foch, B J ^a   Howes, R F ^a   Shah, S ^a   Williams, K ^a   Moore, S ^a   Jue, S J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029914926     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70365-7     Document Type: Article

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