Prevalence of carriage of antimicrobial resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in primary school children in Hong Kong

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-55

  Boost, M V ^a   O'Donoghue, M M ^a   Dooley, J S ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034856907     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268801005647     Document Type: Article

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