Susceptibility of pneumococcal carriage isolates to penicillin provides a conservative estimate of susceptibility of invasive pneumococci

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Lehmann, Deborah ^a   Gratten, Mike ^a,b   Montgomery, Janet ^a,c  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Queensland Health   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

antimicrobial susceptibility; carriage; invasive strains; Papua New Guinea; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030998089     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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