Survey of penicillin resistant pneumococci at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-153

  Ndinya Achola, J O ^c   Omari, M A ^c   Odhiambo, F A ^a   Murage, E ^a   Mutere, A N ^b  

^a Microbiology Laboratory   (Kenya)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; KENYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030861644     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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