Antibiotic resistance in the cultivable plaque microbiota of children from different ethnic groups

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 376-382

  Ready, D ^a   Lancaster, H ^a   Mullany, P ^a   Bedi, R ^b   Wilson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Antibiotic resistance; Erythromycin; Ethnicity; Penicillin; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; TOOTH PLAQUE; ASIAN; BACTERIUM; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTERIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 33646125200     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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