The prevalence of nasopharyngeal Neisseria meningitidis carriage, serogroup distribution, and antibiotic resistance among healthy children in Çankaya municipality schools of Ankara province;Ankara ili Çankaya ilçesi okullarindaki saǧlikli çocuklarda nazofaringeal Neisseria meningitidis taşiyicilik prevalansi, serogrup daǧilimi ve antibiyotik direnci

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-420

  Ercis, Serpil ^a   Köseoǧlu, Özgen ^a   Salmanzadeh Ahrabi, Siavosh ^a   Ercis, Murat ^b   Akin, Levent ^a   Hasçelik, Gülşen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TC Ziraat Bankasi Hastanesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Meningococcal carriage; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; RIFAMPIN; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SULFADIAZINE; TURKEY;

EID: 39049183258     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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