Influence of sampling technique on detection of potential pathogens in the nasopharynx

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 752-755

  Van Der Veen, Erwin L ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a,b   Leverstein van Hall, Maurine A ^b   Sanders, Elisabeth A M ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33746138925     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.7.752     Document Type: Article

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