title: Pneumococcal cross-infection in hospitalized elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, City Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Elder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae