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Pneumococcal carriage in children in The Netherlands: a molecular epidemiological study.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Bogaert D, Engelen M N, Timmers-Reker A J, Elzenaar K P, Peerbooms P G, Coutinho R A, de Groot R, Hermans P W
Abstract excerpt
In 1999, Engelen and coworkers investigated colonization in Amsterdam among 259 children attending 16 day-care centers (DCCs) and among 276 children who did not attend day-care centers (NDCCs). A 1.6- to 3.4-fold increased risk for nasopharyngeal colonization was observed in children attending DCCs compared with NDCC children, while no difference in antibiotic resistance was found between groups. The serotype and...
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