Carriage of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in Malawian children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-243

  Yomo, A ^a   Subramanyam, V R ^b   Fudzulani, R ^b   Kamanga, H ^b   Graham, S M ^b   Broadhead, R L ^a,b   Cuevas, L E ^a   Hart, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; EMPHYSEMA; FAMILY SIZE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALAWI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0030858042     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747894     Document Type: Article

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