The impact of active intervention on the spread of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Swedish day-care centres

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 629-635

  Högberg, Liselotte ^a,b   Normark, Birgitta Henriques ^a   Ringberg, Håkan ^c   Stenqvist, Karin ^c   Fredlund, Hans ^c   Geli, Patricia ^a   Grabowska, Katarzyna ^a   Melander, Eva ^d   Laurell, Martin ^d   Åhrén, Christina ^e   Törnqvist, Eva ^c   Fält, Rosmarie ^c   Höglund, Dag ^c   Möllerberg, Gunnel ^a   Ekdahl, Karl ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWEDEN;

EID: 4644346432     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410022594     Document Type: Article

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