Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes of nasopharyngeal strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Brazilian adolescents

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-32

  Cardozo, Déa Mascarenhas ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^a,g   Brandão, Maria Angélica ^b   Santos Azevedo, Gildete Maria ^b   De Souza, Fabiane Ribeiro ^a   Silveira Silva, Nívea Maria ^a   Pires Brandão, Angela ^c,d,e   Sgambatti De Andrade, Ana Lúcia S ^f   Brandileone, Maria Cristina C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Central Laboratory of Bahia (LACEN)   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^g Federal University of Goiás ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33646066259     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2006.12.29     Document Type: Article

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