Prevalence of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Nasopharyngeal Cultures from Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-404

  Sakhalkar, Vishwas S ^b   Sarnaik, Sharada A ^b   Asmar, Basim I ^a   Conner Warren, Rhonda ^b   Shurney, Wanda ^b   Abdel Haq, Nahed M ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICHIGAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035315978     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194040-00009     Document Type: Article

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