Antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing rural Malawian children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 564-567

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a   Davis, Mollie ^d   Nwanyanwu, Okey C ^c,f   Kazembe, Peter N ^j   Barat, Lawrence M ^b   Wasas, Avril ^e   Bloland, Peter B ^b   Ziba, Charles ^j   Capper, Thora ^e   Huebner, Robin E ^e   Schwartz, Ben ^a,g   Klugman, Keith P ^e,h   Dowell, Scott F ^a,i  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f US Agency for International Development   (Mozambique)

^g CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Centers for Disease Control CDC Thailand Field Station   (Thailand)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Malawi; Pneumococcus; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037863334     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000069787.33960.d6     Document Type: Article

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