Colonization and infection with Moraxella catarrhalis in childhood

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 506-509

  Berner, R ^a   Schumacher, R F ^a   Brandis, M ^a   Forster, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029944075     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691320     Document Type: Article

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