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[Molecular analysis of pathogens of upper respiratory tract infections in children--a study of nasopharyngeal S. pneumoniae and PBP genes in acute otitis media].
Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai kaiho - 1 May 2000
Shimada J, Hotomi M, Kuki K, Yamanaka N, Mitsuda T, Yokota S
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We have recently been confronted with refractory upper respiratory infections with an increasing prevalence of penicillin (Pc)-resistant S. pneumoniae. There has been a broad consensus that acute otitis media (AOM) is caused by migration of pathogens from nasopharynx and proliferation in the middle ear space, and thus it is, very important to study the bacterial environment in the nasopharynx as the source of...
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