Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae by Children in Eastern and Central Europe--A Multicenter Study with Use of Standardized Methods

C. Appelbaum, Peter; Gladkova, Christina; Hryniewicz, Waleria; Kojouharov, B.; Kotulová, D; Mihalcu, F; Schindler, Jiří; Setchanova, Lena; A Semina, N; Trupl, J.; Tyski, Stefan; Urbášková, P; R. Jacobs, Michael

doi:10.1093/clinids/23.4.712

Public

Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae by Children in Eastern and Central Europe--A Multicenter Study with Use of Standardized Methods

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Oct 1, 1996

Authors:

Peter C. Appelbaum

Christina Gladkova

Waleria Hryniewicz

Abstract

With use of standardized techniques, a study of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in children in six Central and Eastern European cities was undertaken during the winter of 1993-1994. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens were collected from 954 children (predominantly under the age of 5 years) who were ...

Subject

Penicillin

Medicine

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!