Prevention of pneumococcal disease in Brazil
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[Prevention of pneumococcal disease in Brazil].
* Professor Associado, Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Nesta edição do Jornal de Pediatria, NascimentoCarvalho e cols.1 apresentam o resultado de estudo que avalia as cepas invasivas de pneumococo, isoladas de pacientes com menos de 20 anos de idade, e Lucarevschi e cols.2 apresentam dados sobre a colonização de orofaringe por Streptococcus pneum...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.1016