The incidence of respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis isolated between 1990 and 1993

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-121

  Nishioka, Kiyo ^a   Ogihara, Hisako ^a   Ohno, Isao ^a   Tanno, Yasuo ^a   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Penicillin resistant S. Pneumoniae; Quinolone resistant H. Influenzae; Quinolone resistant M. (B) catarrhalis; Respiratory pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFMENOXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFTERAM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN; TOSUFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029838594     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.179.111     Document Type: Article

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