Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b diseases in Bangladesh, with increased resistance to antibiotics

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-233

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

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

EID: 13444259437     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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