Carriage of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and Impact of chemoprophylaxis During an...

Autor: Craig, Allen S., Erwin, Paul C., Schaffner, William, Elliott, John A., Moore, William L., Ussery, Xilla T., Patterson, Lori, Dake, Anthony D., Hannah, Stuart G., Butler, Jay C.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 11/1/1999, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p1257, 8p
Abstrakt: Studies carriage of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and impact of chemoprophylaxis during an outbreak of meningitis at a day care center (DCC). Obtaining culture of nasopharyngeal samples; Serotyping and subtyping isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Factors associated with carriage of the outbreak strain; Medication that resulted to transient decrease in carriage.
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