The characteristics of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae in children attending a daycare unit

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-362

  Abut, Latife Işeri ^a   Apan, Teoman ^a   Otlu, Bariş ^b   Çalişkan, Ahmet ^b   Durmaz, Riza ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Care day unit; Nasopharyngeal colonization; Nasopharyngeal pathogen; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 52749083868     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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