A marked shift in the serotypes of pneumococci isolated from healthy children in Szeged, Hungary, over a 6-year period

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Tóthpál, Adrienn ^a   Ordas, Anita ^b   Hajdú, Edit ^b,c   Kardos, Szilvia ^a   Nagy, Erzsébet ^b   Nagy, K ^a   Dobay, Orsolya ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

carriage; pneumococcus; serotypes; vaccines

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80054060841     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.58.2011.3.8     Document Type: Article

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