Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 558-561

  Nasrin, D ^a   Collignon, P J ^b   Wilson, E J ^a   Pilotto, L S ^c   Douglas, R M ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Children; Pneumococci; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CEFOTAXIME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0032701446     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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