Prevalence and risk factors for nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among adolescents

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-189

  Cardozo, Déa M ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^a   Andrade, Ana Lúcia S S ^b   Silvany Neto, Anníbal M ^a   Daltro, Carla H C ^c   Brandão, Maria Angélica S ^d   Brandão, Angela P ^e   Brandileone, Maria Cristina C ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^d Central Laboratory of Bahia (LACEN)   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING CESSATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 38949089002     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47470-0     Document Type: Article

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