Surveillance of Haemophilus influenzae among respiratory tract samples of Turkish children

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 548-550

  Yagci, Aysegul ^a   Ilki, Arzu ^a   Akbenlioglu, Cengiz ^b   Ulger, Nurver ^a   Inanli, Selcuk ^b   Söyletir, Güner ^a   Bakir, Mustafa ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Respiratory tract; Lactamase

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEROTYPE; SINUSITIS; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0242321737     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(03)00242-5     Document Type: Article

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