Antimicrobial resistance: Implications for therapy of infections with common childhood pathogens

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-173

  Speertmd, David P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030054838     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/431214     Document Type: Review

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