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Marked differences in pneumococcal carriage and resistance patterns between day care centers located within a small area.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Nov 1999
Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R, Fraser D, Yagupsky P, Porat N
Abstract excerpt
Carriage rates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and their antibiotic resistance, capsular types, and genetic patterns were studied among 264 children aged 12-35 months attending 8 day care centers located within a 2.5-mile radius in the same city. Nasopharyngeal cultures were obtained within a 2-month interval from all 264 children. Significant differences in each of the studied characteristics were found between day...
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