Epidemiological aspects of antibiotic resistance in respiratory pathogens

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 497-502

  Mlynarczyk, G ^a   Mlynarczyk, A ^a   Jeljaszewicz, J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Respiratory pathogens; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DRUG BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NOVOBIOCIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLD; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035216063     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(01)00455-1     Document Type: Review

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