The Spread of Multiply Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae at a Day Care Center in Ohio

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1346-1353

  Reichler, Mary R ^a,b   Allphin, Allan A ^a,b   Breiman, Robert F ^a,b   Schreiber, John R ^a,b   Arnold, James E ^a,b   McDougal, Linda K ^a,b   Facklam, Richard R ^a,b   Boxerbaum, Bernard ^a,b   May, Daniel ^a,b   Walton, Robert O ^a,b   Jacobs, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; HUMAN; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; OHIO; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RIFAMPIN; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11944269260     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/166.6.1346     Document Type: Article

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