Association between carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in children

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 716-720

  Regev Yochay, Gili ^a   Dagan, Ron ^c   Raz, Meir ^d   Carmeli, Yehuda ^b   Shainberg, Bracha ^d   Derazne, Estela ^a   Rahav, Galia ^a   Rubinstein, Ethan ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Sheba Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3843072089     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.6.716     Document Type: Article

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