Retrospective assessment of laboratory surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from adults of the Metropolitan Region (Chile): 2000-2006;Evaluación retrospectiva de la vigilancia de Streptococcus pneumoniae causante de enfermedades invasoras en adultos de la Región Metropolitana-Chile: 2000-2006

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-452

  Maldonado B , Aurora ^a   Seoane M , Mabel ^a   San Martín B , Oriana ^b   Hormazábal O , Juan C ^a   Lagos Zuccone, Rosanna ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adults; Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae; Laboratory surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37349113910     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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