Nasopharyngeal swabs of school children, useful in rapid assessment of community antimicrobial resistance patterns in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on April 26, 2012

Authors

M K Lalitha1, Thambu David, Kurien Thomas, Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: thambu@cmcvellore.ac.in

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