Role of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in pediatric respiratory tract infections

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Klein, Jerome O ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; otitis media; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFIXIME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0031041922     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199702001-00002     Document Type: Article

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