Bacterial interactions in the nasopharynx - Effects of host factors in children attending day-care centers

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-139

  Dahlblom, Victor ^a   Söderström, Margareta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Health Care Centre of Linero östra Torn   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child day care center; Haemophilus influenzae; Microbial interactions; Moraxella catarrhalis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

HOST FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84860229087     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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