| Literature DB >> 11980976 |
Jun Shimada1, Noboru Yamanaka, Muneki Hotomi, Masaki Suzumoto, Akihiro Sakai, Kimiko Ubukata, Toshihiro Mitsuda, Shumpei Yokota, Howard Faden.
Abstract
Nasopharyngeal transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae was evaluated among 23 siblings with acute otitis media (AOM). Restriction fragment length polymorphism revealed that the nasopharyngeal strains were identical between siblings in 12 of 13 clusters of AOM experienced in 11 families. This study demonstrated person-to-person transmission of S. pneumoniae, especially drug-resistant strains, among siblings with AOM.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11980976 PMCID: PMC130916 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1851-1853.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948