Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance and Serotype Composition of Carriage and Invasive Pneumococci among Bangladeshi Children: Implications for Treatment Policy and Vaccine Formulation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5582-5587

  Saha, Samir K ^a,c   Baqui, Abdullah H ^b,c   Darmstadt, Gary L ^c,d   Ruhulamin, M ^a   Hanif, Mohammed ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^b   Santosham, Mathuram ^c   Oishi, Kazunori ^e   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^e   Black, Robert E ^c  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BANGLADESH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 10744228585     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5582-5587.2003     Document Type: Article

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