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Penicillin resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ghanaian children less than six years of age

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage, serotype distribution, and penicillin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children ≤6 years of age in Ghana. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out on a cluster-randomized sample of ch...

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Autores principales: Dayie, Nicholas TKD, Arhin, Reuben E, Newman, Mercy J, Dalsgaard, Anders, Bisgaard, Magne, Frimodt-Møller, Niels, Slotved, Hans-Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24148091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-490