Comparison of the response to antimicrobial therapy of penicillin-resistant and penicillin-susceptible pneumococcal disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 885-890

  Friedland, Ian R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Penicillin resistance; Penicillin susceptibility; Pneumococcal disease; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTAMS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028842938     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199510000-00013     Document Type: Article

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