Carriage of respiratory tract pathogens and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in healthy children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-29

  De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,b,c   Kristinsson, Karl G ^d   Brito Avô, Antonio ^e   Sanches, Ilda Santos ^a,b   Sá Leão, Raquel ^a   Saldanha, Joana ^f   Sigvaldadottir, Erla ^d   Karlsson, Sigfus ^d   Oliveira, Duarte ^a   Mato, Rosario ^a   Aires De Sousa, Marta ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e Gabinete de Medicina Pedagógica do Ministério da Educação   (Portugal)

^f NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; DAY CARE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032894701     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.19     Document Type: Article

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