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Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children with Acute Otitis Media Evaluated by Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Genotyping of Penicillin-binding Proteins

Muneki Hotomi From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Noboru Yamanaka From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Howard Faden From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Jun Shimada From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Masaki Suzumoto From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Akihiro Sakai From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Tadahito Saito From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Kiyonori Kuki From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan and Department of Pediatrics, New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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