Epidemiology of invasive kingella kingae infections in 2 distinct pediatric populations cohabiting in one geographic area

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-417

  Amit, Uri ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a   Porat, Nurith ^a   Trefler, Ronit ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

children; clonality; epidemiology; invasive infection; Kingella kingae

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENT; INFANT; INVASIVE KINGELLA KINGAE INFECTION; ISRAEL; JEW; KINGELLA KINGAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858798593     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318240cf8a     Document Type: Article

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