Antibiotic resistance patterns among respiratory pathogens at a german university children's hospital over a period of 10 years

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-13

  Arri, Sandra J ^a   Fluegge, Kirsten ^a   Mueller, Urban ^a   Berner, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NITROCEFIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 29244468305     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1738-4     Document Type: Article

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