Invasive Penicillin-Resistant Pneumococcal Infections: A Prevalence and Historical Cohort Study

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Kronenberger, Crystal B ^a   Hoffman, Richard E ^b   Lezotte, Dennis C ^a   Marine, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Colorado Dept Pub Hlth Environ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030114817     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0202.960207     Document Type: Article

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