Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in a German pediatric hospital, 1993 to 1997

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 925-927

  Berner, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Penicillin; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031764247     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199810000-00019     Document Type: Article

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