Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in healthy children attending day-care centers in 12 states in Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Espinosa De Los Monteros, Luz Elena ^a   Jiménez Rojas, Verónica ^b   Aguilar Ituarte, Felipe ^b   Cashat Cruz, Miguel ^b   Reyes López, Alfonso ^b   Rodríguez Suárez, Romeo ^c   Kuri Morales, Pablo ^c   Tapia Conyer, Roberto ^c   Gómez Barreto, Demóstenes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Day care center; Mexico; Nasopharyngeal carriage; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548159417     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342007000400004     Document Type: Article

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