Trends in antibiotic resistance of respiratory tract pathogens in children in Geneva, Switzerland

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-8

  Jaecklin, Thomas ^a   Rohner, Peter ^b   Jacomo, Véronique ^b   Schmidheiny, Kurt ^c   Gervaix, Alain ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROCEFIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; FRANCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWITZERLAND;

CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 29244481998     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1737-5     Document Type: Article

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