Increased recovery of Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae in association with group a β-haemolytic streptococci in healthy children and those with pharyngo-tonsillitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 989-992

  Brook, Itzhak ^a   Gober, Alan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33747052364     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46325-0     Document Type: Article

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