Nasal colonization by four potential respiratory bacteria in healthy children attending kindergarten or elementary school in Seoul, Korea

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 678-685

  Bae, Songmee ^a   Yu, Jae Yon ^a   Lee, Kwangjun ^a   Lee, Sunhwa ^b   Park, Bohyun ^b   Kang, Yeonho ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b NeoDin Medical Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NOSE; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84859864734     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.040584-0     Document Type: Article

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