Duration of nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Experiences from the South Swedish Pneumococcal Intervention Project

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1113-1117

  Ekdahl, Karl ^a   Ahlinder, Ingrid ^b   Hansson, Hans Bertil ^b   Melander, Eva ^b   Mölstad, Sigvard ^b   Söderström, Margareta ^b   Persson, Kristina ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030775285     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516103     Document Type: Article

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