Prevalence and genetic diversity of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in the respiratory tract of infants and primary caregivers

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-149

  Schumacher, Sandra K ^a   Marchant, Colin D ^a   Loughlin, Anita M ^b   Bouchet, Valérie ^b   Stevenson, Abbie ^b   Pelton, Stephen I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Multilocus sequence typing; Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae; Prevalence; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CAREGIVERS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858159250     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823aaeb3     Document Type: Article

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