Antibiotic resistance of pediatric isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Saudi Arabian hospital from 1999 to 2004

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Macrolide resistance; Penicillin resistance; Saudi Arabia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33750954404     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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