Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in latin American children: Results of the Pan American health organization surveillance study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1355-1361

  Kertesz, Daniel A ^b   Di Fabio, José Luis ^a   De Cunto Brandileone, Maria Cristina ^b   Castañeda, Elizabeth ^b   Echániz Aviles, Gabriela ^b   Heitmann, Ingrid ^b   Homma, Akira ^b   Hortal, Maria ^b   Lovgren, Marguerite ^b   Ruvinsky, Raúl O ^b   Talbot, James A ^b   Weekes, Jean ^b   Spika, John S ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17344366772     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516350     Document Type: Article

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