Pharyngeal carriage and antimicrobial resistance of Haemophilus influenzae in non-type-b-vaccinated healthy children attending day care centers in Turkey

Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-117

  Torun, Müzeyyen Mamal ^a   Namal, Necmi ^a   Demirci, Mehmet ^a   Bahar, Hrisi ^a   Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Pharyngeal carriage

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; NITROCEFIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DAY CARE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNX; TURKEY;

EID: 33847696135     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099982     Document Type: Article

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