Low incidence of antibiotic resistance among invasive and nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from children in rural Philippines between 1994 and 2000

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 929-935

  Sombrero, L ^a   Nissinen, A ^b   Esparar, G ^a   Lindgren, M ^c   Siira, L ^c   Virolainen, A ^c  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Philippines)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 53549095415     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0524-4     Document Type: Article

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