The incidence of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Chiba prefecture, Japan (2003-2005)

Journal of Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Ishiwada, Naruhiko ^a   Kurosaki, Tomomichi ^b   Terashima, Itaru ^c   Kohno, Yoichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba Kaihin Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Invasive disease; Japan; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 56949096082     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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