Acquisition, carriage, and transmission of pneumococci with decreased antibiotic susceptibility in young children attending a day care facility in southern Israel

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1003-1012

  Yagupsky, Pablo ^a   Porat, Nurith ^b   Fraser, Drora ^b   Prajgrod, Felicia ^b   Merires, Marione ^b   McGee, Lesley ^b   Klugman, Keith P ^b   Dagan, Ron ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; ISRAEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031956226     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515239     Document Type: Article

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