Rapid detection of Haemophilus influenzae type b in Bangladeshi children with pneumonia and meningitis by PCR and analysis of antimicrobial resistance

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 268-274

  Shoma, Shereen ^a   Rahman, Mahbuhur ^a   Yasmin, Mahmuda ^a  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bangladesh; Cerebrospinal fluid; Culture media; Drug resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Meningitis; Microbial; Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction; Serum

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BANGLADESH; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 0035709618     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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