Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in Malaysia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-82

  Rohani, M Y ^a   Raudzah, A ^a   Ng, A J ^b   Ng, P P ^c   Zaidatul, A A R ^h   Asmah, I ^d   Murtaza, M ^e   Parasakthy, N ^f   Mohd Yasmin, M Y ^f   Cheong, Y M ^g  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

^c General Hospital Kota Bharu   (Malaysia)

^d HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

^e Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^f Department of Paediatrics   (Malaysia)

^g Taman Shamelin Perkasa   (Malaysia)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEROTYPE; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033040972     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001605     Document Type: Article

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