Isolation of respiratory bacterial pathogens from the throats of healthy infants fed by different methods

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-176

  Hokama, Tomiko ^a   Yara, Asao ^a   Hirayama, Kiyotake ^a   Takamine, Fusae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032993892     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.3.173     Document Type: Article

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