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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Prevalence of penicillin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in day-care centres subjected to an intervention to prevent dispersion

Jonas Ahl From the Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eva MelanderMedical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden;Department of Infection Control, Skåne County, Sweden
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Inga Odenholt From the Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Lisa Tvetman From the Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Tora Thörnblad From the Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Kristian RiesbeckMedical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Håkan RingbergRegional Office of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Skåne County, Sweden
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Pages 338-344 | Received 15 Jul 2014, Accepted 26 Nov 2014, Published online: 06 Mar 2015

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