<it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>Serotype 3 among Costa Rican Children with Otitis Media: clinical, epidemiological characteristics and antimicrobial resistance patterns

• Main Authors: Porat Nurith (Author), Guevara Silvia (Author), Soley Carolina (Author), Abdelnour Arturo (Author), Dagan Ron (Author), Arguedas Adriano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>After the introduction of the seven valent-pneumococcal conjugated vaccine into our National Immunization Program, it is important to establish and track local serotype distribution in order to evaluate its impact specially because s...