Group B streptococcal infections in children in a tertiary care hospital in southern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-175

  Wu, Ching Shu ^a,b   Wang, Shih Min ^b   Ko, Wen Chien ^b   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^b   Yang, Yao Jong ^b   Liu, Ching Chuan ^b,c  

^a Kangshan Hospital of Kaohsiung County   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child; Microbial susceptibility tests; Newborn infant; Serotyping; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIWAN; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TAIWAN;

EID: 3142552329     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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