High rate of transmission of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae between parents and children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4357-4359

  Hoshino, Kazuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Sugita, Rinya ^a   Asoh, Norichika ^a   Ntabaguzi, Simon Angelo ^a   Watanabe, Kiwao ^a   Oishi, Kazunori ^a   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERMB GENE; EVALUATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MEFA GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PBP1A GENE; PBP2B GENE; PBP2X GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036841735     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4357-4359.2002     Document Type: Article

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