High ampicillin resistance in different biotypes and serotypes of Haemophilus influenzae colonizing the nasopharynx of healthy school-going Indian children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-137

  Jain, Amita ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Awasthi, Shally ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; THROAT CULTURE; URBAN AREA;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERFERONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 32044468960     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46249-0     Document Type: Article

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