Susceptibility pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae among pre-school children in Kota Bharu, Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-14

  Malik, Alam Sher ^a   Ismail, Asma ^a   Pennie, Ross A ^b   Naidu, Jaya V ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0031884322     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.1.10     Document Type: Article

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