Characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis isolated from the nasopharynges of asymptomatic children and molecular analysis of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae strain replacement in the nasopharynx

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3942-3949

  Sulikowska, Agnieszka ^a   Grzesiowski, Paweł ^a   Sadowy, Ewa ^a   Fiett, Janusz ^a   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHILD; DAY CARE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; ORPHANAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WINTER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; POLAND; SEASONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4644281345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.3942-3949.2004     Document Type: Article

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