Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia among military recruits

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Banerjee, A ^a   Kalghatgi, A T ^b   Saiprasad, G S ^c   Nagendra, A ^b   Panda, B N ^d   Dham, S K ^e   Mahen, A ^a   Menon, K D ^f   Khan, M A ^g  

^a DADH   (India)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine   (India)

^c ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d DDMS UB Area   (India)

^e General Medical Services Air   (India)

^f Military Hospital Bakloh   (India)

^g 155 Base Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Military recruits; Outbreak; Overcrowding; Pneumococcal; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CULTURE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SLEEP; SOLDIER; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEATHER;

EID: 18044376585     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(05)80111-X     Document Type: Article

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