Pneumococcal carriage and resistance in children attending day care centers in Singapore in an early era of PCV-7 uptake

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 507-509

  Vasoo, Shawn ^a,b   Singh, Kamaljit ^a,b   Chow, Carol ^b   Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin ^b   Hsu, Li Yang ^b   Tambyah, Paul Ananth ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Children; Colonization; Day care centers; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOSE SMEAR; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; SINGAPORE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; SINGAPORE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77953325878     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.03.004     Document Type: Letter

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