Nasopharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 775-777

  Das, B K ^a   Arora, N K ^a   Mathur, P ^a   Ostwal, P ^a   Mandal, S ^a   Kabra, S K ^a   Kapil, A ^c   Lalitha, M K ^b   Thomas, K ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c AIIMS ^*

Author keywords

Colonization; Haemophilus influenzae; Multidrug resistant; Nasopharyngeal carriage

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0036709344     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723690     Document Type: Article

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