Urinary excretion of pneumococcal cell wall polysaccharide in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 791-793

  Faden, Howard ^a   Heimerl, Michael ^a   Varma, Chelikani ^a   Goodman, Gail ^a   Winkelstein, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Cell wall polysaccharide; Nasopharyngeal colonization; Otitis media; Pneumococcus; Pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036679265     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200208000-00020     Document Type: Article

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