Asymptomatic carriage of respiratory pathogens: "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb...and a little child shall lead them" (Isaiah 11: 6)

Open Infectious Diseases Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Weiss Salz, Inbal ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carriage; Children; Immunity; Invasive infection; Respiratory colonization; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; COMMENSAL; DRUG USE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KINGELLA KINGAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78249270747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874279301004010011     Document Type: Article

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