Nasal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy children and adults in northern Taiwan

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Chen, Chih Jung ^a,c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a   Su, Lin Hui ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nasal carriage; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLONE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

EID: 35549005043     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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