Analysis of isolates recovered from multiple sites of the nasopharynx of children colonized by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 750-753

  Bernstein, J M ^a   Dryja, D ^a   Yuskiw, N ^a   Murphy, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030687535     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709258     Document Type: Article

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