Nasopharyngeal colonization and penicillin resistance among pneumococcal strains: A worldwide 2004 update

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-303

  Cardozo, Déa M ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M C ^a,b   Souza, Fabiane R ^a   Silva, Nívea M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carriage; Penicillin resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN;

AFRICA; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NORTH AMERICA; ORPHANAGE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33947363972     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702006000400015     Document Type: Review

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