Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus Pneumoniae in very low-birth-weight infants after administration of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1173-1175

  Ang, Jocelyn Y ^a   Lua, Jorge L ^b   Asmar, Basim I ^a   Shankaran, Seetha ^b   Heyne, Roy J ^c   Schelonka, Robert L ^d   Das, Abhik ^e   Li, Lei ^e   Jackson, Delois M ^f   Higgins, Rosemary D ^g   D'Angio, Carl T ^h  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SEROTYPE; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78649960919     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.233     Document Type: Letter

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