Effectof antimicrobial use and other risk factors on antimicrobial resistance in pneumococci

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Kristinsson, Karl G ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DAY CARE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030610158     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.117     Document Type: Article

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