Nasopharyngeal carriage of potential bacterial pathogens related to day care attendance, with special reference to the molecular epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2832-2836

  Peerbooms, Paul G H ^a   Engelen, Marlene N ^a   Stokman, Dominique A J ^a   Van Benthem, Birgit H B ^a   Van Weert, Maria Lucia ^a   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036701940     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2832-2836.2002     Document Type: Article

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