title: Nasopharyngeal colonization with pathogens causing otitis media: how does this information help us?
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007223:Infant; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*