Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibilities of nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from children hospitalized for acute respiratory illnesses in Hong Kong

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1969-1971

  Ip, Margaret ^a   Nelson, E Anthony S ^a   Cheuk, Edmund S C ^a   Sung, Rita Y T ^a   Li, Albert ^a   Ma, Helen ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34250614305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00620-07     Document Type: Article

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