Pneumococcal colonization in older persons in a nonoutbreak setting

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Feb;58(2):396-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02700.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Belgium / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infection Control
  • Male
  • Pneumococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae* / isolation & purification