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Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae pharyngeal carriage among healthy Turkish infants and children

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  1. Mustafa Bakir

    Present address: , Merkez Mah, Begonya Sok, Emre Sitesi B Blok D.14, Kucukyali, 81570, Istanbul, Turkey

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  1. Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mustafa Bakir & Cengiz Akbenlioglu

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aysegul Yagci, Arzu Ilki, Nurver Ulger & Guner Soyletir

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Bakir, M., Yagci, A., Akbenlioglu, C. et al. Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae pharyngeal carriage among healthy Turkish infants and children. Eur J Pediatr 161, 165–166 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-001-0886-4

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