Invasive pneumococcal disease in Dallas County, Texas: Results from population-based surveillance in 1995

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 590-595

  Pastor, Patricia ^a   Medley, Francinne ^a   Murphy, Trudy V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031969209     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514589     Document Type: Article

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