Nasopharyngeal carriage and antimicrobial resistance in isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type B in children under 5 years of age in Botswana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-25

  Huebner, Robin E ^a,d   Wasas, Avril ^a   Mushi, Alexander ^b   Mazhani, Loeto ^c   Klugman, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carriage; H. influenzae; Pneumococci; Resistance; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BOTSWANA; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031770970     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(98)90090-X     Document Type: Article

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