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Risk factors for the nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory pathogens by Portuguese children: phenotype and antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2003
Neto Ana Serrão, Lavado Paula, Flores Pedro, Dias Ricardo, Pessanha Maria Ana, Sousa Eduarda, Palminha José Martins, Caniça Manuela, Esperança-Pina Julieta
Abstract excerpt
Between 1997 and 2000 nasopharyngeal specimens were obtained from 466 children < or = 12 years old attending the Pediatric Emergency Department at S. Francisco Xavier Hospital, Lisbon, to evaluate risk factors for nasopharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae and...
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