Isolation of pathogenic bacteria from induced sputum from hospitalized children with pneumonia in Bangladesh

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 338-342

  Utsunomiya, Y ^a   Ahmed, K ^a   Rikitomi, N ^a   Ruhulamin, M ^b   Hanif, M ^b   Masaki, H ^a   Kawakami, K ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Saha, S K ^b   Nagatake, T ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COUGHING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEWBORN; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032415980     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.6.338     Document Type: Article

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