Bacterial profile of the oropharynx in infants: An assessment of the confounding factors for colonization

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 807-811

  Nayak, Dinesh M ^a   Kumar, Naveen ^b   Bhaskaranand, Nalini ^b   Nayak, Chandrika ^a  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Infants; Microflora; Oropharynx; Pathogenic

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR MEDIUM; AGE; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST FEEDING; CANDIDA; CHOCOLATE AGAR MEDIUM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY SIZE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; MICROFLORA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEWBORN; NONHEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; OROPHARYNGEAL SWAB; OROPHARYNX; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIBLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; BREAST FEEDING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OROPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 79961169119     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0367-3     Document Type: Article

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