Nasopharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus haemolyticus in otitis-prone and healthy children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2557-2559

  Kirkham, Lea Ann S ^a   Wiertsema, Selma P ^a   Mowe, Eva N ^a   Bowman, Jacinta M ^b   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b   Richmond, Peter C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA;

HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77954436994     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00069-10     Document Type: Article

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