Colonization rate of bacteria in the throat of healthy infants

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-24

  Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a   Bulkowstein, Mordechai ^a   Zhovtis, Diana ^b   Greenberg, Revital ^a   Nitzan, Yeshayahu ^c   Barzilay, Bernard ^a   Boldur, Ida ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Colonization; Infants; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT; THROAT CULTURE;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037086931     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(01)00635-8     Document Type: Article

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