Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among pneumococcal isolates from children with otitis media in Southern Israel

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 521-523

  Goldbart, Aviv ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^a   Markus, Nufar ^a   Fraser, Drora ^b   Dagan, Ron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; Otitis media; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030993270     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199705000-00014     Document Type: Article

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