Survey of nonsusceptible nasopharyngeal streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in children attending day-care centers in Brazil

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-79

  Franco, Caritas M ^a   Andrade, Ana Lucia S ^b   Andrade, João G ^c   E Silva, Simonne Almeida ^b   Oliveira, C Renato M ^b   Pimenta, Fabiana C ^d   Lamaro Cardoso, Juliana ^c   Brandão, Angela P ^e   Almeida, Samanta C G ^e   Calix, Juan J ^b,f   Nahm, Moon H ^b,f   De Cunto Brandileone, Maria Cristina ^e  

^a Secretariat of Health   (Brazil)

^b Department of Community Health ^*

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Day care centers; Nasopharyngeal carriage; Nonsusceptible pneumococcal; Pneumococcal carriage; Pneumococcal serotypes; Vaccine coverage

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 74049164872     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181af7e90     Document Type: Article

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