High carriage rate of high-level penicillin-resistant <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>in a Taiwan kindergarten associated with a case of pneumococcal meningitis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Taiwan<sup>19F</sup>-14 <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>clone and its variants are being found with increasing frequency in the Asia-Pacific region. A 5-year old child <it>with S. pneumoniae </i...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMC
2005-11-01
|
| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/96 |