Neisseria meningitidis carrier rate among military recruits in Kerman, South-East of Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-310

  Eslami Nejad, Zahra ^a   Esmaili, Mohammad ^b   Saiid Adeli, Nosratolah ^a   Iranmanesh, Zahra ^a   Honarvar, Shohreh ^a   Phanii, Maryam ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Military Training Center Health Services   (Iran)

Author keywords

Military recruits; Neisseria meningitidis; Resistance pattern; Sero group

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY SERVICE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEASON; SMOKING; SOLDIER;

EID: 27544437854     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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