Pneumococcal serotypes recovered from health children and their possible association with risk factor in Istanbul, Turkey

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-104

  Cekmez, Ferhat ^a   Karademir, Ferhan ^a   Tanju, I Asya ^a   Meral, Cihan ^a   Pirgon, Ozgur ^a   Ozyurt, Mustafa ^a   Gocmen, Ismail ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colonization; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77953402875     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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