Drug-resistant pneumococci in children with acute lower respiratory infections in Vietnam

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-518

  Watanabe, Kiwao ^a   Anh, Dang Duc ^b   Huong, Phan Le Thanh ^b   Nguyet, Nguyen Thu ^b   Anh, Nguyen Thu Hien ^b   Thi, Ngo Thi ^b   Dung, Nguyen Tien ^c   Phuong, Doan Mai ^c   Rusizoka, Olivia S ^a   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a,d   Oishi, Kazunori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

^c BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; Children; Drug resistance; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ERMB GENE; GENE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PBP 1A GENE; PBP 2B GENE; PBP 2X GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIET NAM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIETNAM;

EID: 50249102746     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02616.x     Document Type: Article

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