Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from ophthalmic & systemic infections & of commensal origin

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-104

  Kar, Upendra K ^a   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Nayak, N ^a   Das, B K ^b   Panda, S K ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility; Ophthalmic infections; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Systemic infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATITIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33748109966     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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