Oropharyngeal carriage and penicillin resistance of Neisseria meningitidis in primary school children in Manisa, Turkey

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 758-762

  Gazi, Hörü ^a,b   Surucuoglu, S ^a   Ozbakkaloglu, B ^a   Alkcali, S ^a   Ozkutuk, N ^a   Degerli, K ^a   Kurutepe, S ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Yasam Poliklinigi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carrier state; Drug resistance; Neisseria meningitidis; Oropharynx

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OROPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 13244289789     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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