[PDF][PDF] Nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci in children with sickle cell disease

GD Overturf, R Field, C Lam, S Lee… - Infection and …, 1980 - Am Soc Microbiol
GD Overturf, R Field, C Lam, S Lee, DR Powars
Infection and Immunity, 1980Am Soc Microbiol
Nasopharyngeal Carriageof Pneumococci in Children with Page 1 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY,
June 1980, p. Vol. No. 3 0019-9567/80/06-1048/03$02.00/0 Nasopharyngeal Carriageof
Pneumococci in Children with Sickle Cell Disease GARY D. OVERTURF,I* RONALD FIELD,2
CHRISTINE LAM,2 SYLVIA LEE,2 AND DARLEEN R. POWARS2 Department of Pediatrics,University
ofSouthern California School ofMedicine,2 and the Los Angeles County/University ofSouthern
California Medical Center,' Los Angeles, California 90033 Nasopharyngeal carriage of …
Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae was studied in children with sickle cell disease. The incidence of nasopharyngeal isolation was 17.8%. Groups 23 and 6 and type 14 predominated.
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