Carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory pathogens and molecular epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children in day-care centers in Lisbon: The Portuguese day-care center initiative

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages

  De Lencastre, Herminia ^a,b,c   Sanches, Ilda Santos ^a,b   Brito Avô, António ^f   Sá Leão, Raquel ^a   Saldanha, Joana ^d   Kristinsson, Karl G ^e   Tomasz, Alexander ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAY CARE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFANT; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 18844477479     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. Fenoll A, Jado I, Vicioso D, Perez A, Casal J. Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes and antibiotic resistance in Spain: update (1990 to 1996). J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36: 3447-54.
3. De Lencastre H, Kristinsson K, Brito-Avô A, et al. Carriage of respiratory tract pathogens and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in healthy children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal. Microb Drug Resist 1999; 5: 19-29.
4. Tomasz, A. Accelerated evolution: emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacterial pathogens. Ann Rev Microbiol (in press).