Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in a children's hospital in Ethiopia: Serotypes and susceptibility patterns

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Muhe, Lulu ^a,c   Klugman, K P ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; H. influenzae; Penicillin; Resistance; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; INFLUENZA; MENINGITIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ETHIOPIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; NEGIBACTERIA; PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032769829     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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