Risk factors for carriage of respiratory pathogens in the nasopharynx of healthy children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 517-523

  Principi, Nicola ^a,c   Marchisio, Paola ^d   Schito, Gian Carlo ^b   Mannelli, Stefania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Epidemiology; Nasopharyngeal carriage; Respiratory pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033002815     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199906000-00008     Document Type: Article

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