Comparative molecular analysis of Haemophilus influenzae isolates from young children with acute lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis in Hanoi, Vietnam

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2474-2476

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Kaji, Chiharu ^a   Anh, Dang Duc ^b   Huong, Phan Le Thanh ^b   Anh, Nguyen Thi Hien ^b   Huong, Vu Thi ^b   Phuong, Hoang Vu Mai ^b   Thi, Ngo Thi ^c   Suu, Pham Thi ^c   Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Thu ^c   Rusizoka, Olivia Sebastian ^a   Watanabe, Kiwao ^a   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^a   Oishi, Kazunori ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Institute for Pediatrics   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFATRIZINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; VIET NAM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 20844456781     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2474-2476.2005     Document Type: Article

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