Dynamics of pneumococcal carriage among healthy Icelandic children attending day-care centres

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 422-428

  Tomasson, Gunnar ^a   Gudnason, Thorolfur ^a   Kristinsson, Karl G ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD CARE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22844440506     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510035346     Document Type: Article

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