The prevalence of potential pathogenic bacteria in nasopharyngeal samples from healthy children and adults

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-17

  Gunnarsson, Ronny K ^a,c   Holm, Stig E ^b   Söderström, Margareta ^a  

^a Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carriers; Child day care centres; Nasopharyngeal culture; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DAY CARE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NOSE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031953035     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134398750003340     Document Type: Article

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