Antimicrobial resistance and typing of pneumococci in Gaza Strip children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 905-907

  El Astal, Zacharia ^a   Khamis, Najjar ^a   Peled, Nehama ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Gaza strip; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE EAST; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030771944     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199709000-00016     Document Type: Article

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