Prevalence of penicillin non-susceptible invasive pneumococcal disease in the elderly in Scotland, 1992-99

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 559-563

  Kyaw, Moe H ^a   Jones, Ian G ^a   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a Scottish Centre for Infection   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036040384     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147534     Document Type: Article

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