Nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among children with acute respiratory tract infections in Thailand: A molecular epidemiological survey

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1832-1838

  Dejsirilert, Surang ^a   Overweg, Karin ^b   Sluijter, Marcel ^b   Saengsuk, Leelawadee ^a   Gratten, Mike ^c   Ezaki, Takayuki ^d   Hermans, Peter W M ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032930841     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1832-1838.1999     Document Type: Article

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