Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy Turkish infants

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 332-339

  Ozdemir, Bengu ^a   Beyazova, Ufuk ^b   Camurdan, Aysu Duyan ^b   Sultan, Nedim ^b   Ozkan, Secil ^b   Sahin, Figen ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carriage; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTISERUM; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 43049086994     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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