Prevalence, Proportions, and Identities of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Oral Microflora of Healthy Children

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-372

  Ready, Derren ^a   Bedi, R ^a   Spratt, D A ^a   Mullany, P ^a   Wilson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 0842264381     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662903322762806     Document Type: Article

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