Recovery of potential pathogens in the nasopharynx of healthy and otitis media-prone children and their smoking and nonsmoking parents

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 727-730

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Gober, Alan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Otitis media; Smoking; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SMEAR; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 54249132902     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811701003     Document Type: Article

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