Prevalence of Moraxella catarrhalis infections of the lower respiratory tract in elderly patients

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 3 no. 1, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 39-44

  Tamang, M D ^a   Dey, S ^b   Makaju, R K ^c   Jha, B K ^d   Shivananda, P G ^e   Bhramadatan, K N ^f  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c KUMS

^d POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^f CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Gram negative diplococci; Lower respiratory tract infection; Moraxella catarrhalis; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 39049187127     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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