Diversity and sharing of Haemophilus influenzae strains colonizing healthy children attending day-care centers

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Farjo, Rand S ^a,b   Foxman, Betsy ^a   Patel, Mayuri J ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a   Pettigrew, Melinda M ^a,c   McCoy, Sandra I ^a   Marrs, Carl F ^a   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Day care; Haemophilus influenzae; Sharing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY CARE; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPING; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0842304464     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000106981.89572.d1     Document Type: Article

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