Pneumococcal disease in a paediatric population in a hospital of central Italy: A clinical and microbiological case series from 1992 to 2006

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Montagnani, Francesca ^a   Fanetti, Alessandra ^a   Stolzuoli, Lucia ^a   Croci, Leonardo ^a   Arena, Fabio ^a   Zanchi, Alessandra ^a   Cellesi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemosusceptibility; Paediatric pneumococcal diseases; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 39549111461     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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