Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and patterns of penicillin resistance in young children in Fiji

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-197

  Russell, Fiona M ^a,f   Carapetis, J R ^a,b   Ketaiwai, S ^c   Kunabuli, V ^c   Taoi, M ^b   Biribo, S ^d   Seduadua, A ^f   Mulholland, E K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Fiji Pneumococcal Project   (Fiji)

^d FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESERVOIR; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33749027486     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X120273     Document Type: Article

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