Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage among 3- to 24-month-old Turkish children

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1113-1117

  Poyrazoglu S ^a   Komec S ^a   Gokcay G ^b   Ongen B ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT; PHARYNX; TURKEY;

EID: 28244441390     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004401     Document Type: Article

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