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Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Healthy Children: Implications for the Use of Heptavalent Pnemococcal Conjugate Vaccine

We assessed the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in the nasopharynx of healthy children, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, risk factors for carriage, and the coverage of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. In 2,799 healthy infants and children, the S. pneumoniae carrier...

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Autores principales: Marchisio, Paola, Esposito, Susanna, Schito, Gian Carlo, Marchese, Anna, Cavagna, Roberta, Principi, Nicola
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996682
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010235