Resistance patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae isolates recovered in Egypt from children with pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1069-1074

  Ostroff, Stephen M ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^b   Khallaf, Nagwa ^b   Assaad, Mona T ^b   Guirguis, Nabil I ^b   Harrington, Susan ^b   El Alamy, Mohammad ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0029861526     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1069     Document Type: Article

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