Emerging antibiotic resistant pneumococci in invasive infections in South India: Need for monitoring

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-43

  Kanungo, Reba ^a   D'Lima, Dorothy ^a   Rajalakshmi, B ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Badrinath, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; SCREENING; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036174541     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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