Risk factors for nasopharyngeal carriage of resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and detection of a multiply resistant clone among children living in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska

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Young age but not antibiotic use was associated with carriage of intermediate or resistant S. pneumoniae in the YKD region of Alaska. Much of the intermediate or resistant pneumococcus in the YKD may have resulted from the proliferation of a single capsular serotype 6B clone.
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Authors Ussery XT;Gessner BD;Lipman H;Elliott JA;Crain MJ;Tien PC;Parkinson AJ;Davidson M;Facklam RR;Breiman RF;;
Journal the pediatric infectious disease journal
Year 1996
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8933546
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine Child Infant preschool risk factors drug resistance microbial sensitivity tests microbial serotyping pneumococcal infections / epidemiology* prevalence streptococcus pneumoniae / classification streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification nasopharynx / microbiology streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects r f breiman pmid:8933546 doi:10.1097/00006454-199611000-00011 x t ussery b d gessner alaska / epidemiology carrier state / epidemiology*

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