Nasopharyngeal carriage of anaerobes during health and acute otitis media by two years of age

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-172

  Könönen, Eija ^a,c   Syrjänen, Ritva ^a,b   Takala, Aino ^a   Jousimies Somer, Hannele ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Anaerobes; Infants; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFLORA; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0037478670     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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