Striking differences in the nasopharyngeal flora of healthy Angolan, Brazilian and Dutch children less than 5 years old

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-292

  Wolf, B ^a   Gama, A ^b   Rey, L ^c   Fonseca, W ^d   Roord, J ^d   Fleer, A ^d   Verhoef, J ^d  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Department   (Angola)

^c Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin   (Brazil)

^d St Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BRAZIL; DAY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE;

ANGOLA; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032887722     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992383     Document Type: Article

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