Molecular characterization of pneumococcal nasopharynx isolates collected from children during their first 2 years of life

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2248-2253

  Sluijter, Marcel ^a   Faden, Howard ^b   De Groot, Ronald ^a   Lemmens, Nicole ^a   Goessens, Wil H F ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031903423     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2248-2253.1998     Document Type: Article

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