Simultaneous respiratory tract colonization by multiple strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Implications for antibiotic therapy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 404-409

  Murphy, Timothy F ^a,b,d   Sethi, Sanjay ^a,b   Klingman, Karin L ^a,b   Brueggemann, Angela B ^c   Doern, Gary V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LORACARBEF; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 0033495896     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314870     Document Type: Article

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