Risk factors for nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and effects of a hygiene intervention: repeated cross-sectional cohort study at day care centres.
Thorolfur GudnasonBirgir HrafnkelssonBrynja LaxdalKarl G Kristinsson
Published in: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases (2014)
The hygiene intervention at the DCCs reduced the risk of pneumococcal carriage and the individual use of antibiotics was found to affect carriage in a complex manner.