Nasopharyngeal Carriage Rate and Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Healthy Korean Children Younger than 5 Years Old: Focus on Influence of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination

BACKGROUND: Even after pneumococcal vaccination introduction, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumoccocus) is still an important cause of respiratory and invasive severe infection. Pneumococcus is resided in nasal mucosa and local or systemic infection begins with the nasal mucosa damage. We studied the...

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Autores principales: Lee, Eu Kyoung, Jun, Ja Kyung, Choi, Ui Yoon, Kwon, Hyo-Jin, Kim, Kyung-Hyo, Kang, Jin Han
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265953
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2013.45.1.76

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