Major age group-specific differences in conjunctival bacteria and evolution of antimicrobial resistance revealed by laboratory data surveillance

Current Eye Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 907-911

  Hautala, Nina ^a   Koskela, Markku ^a   Hautala, Timo ^a,b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Conjunctival bacteria; Conjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FUSIDIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649140363     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802475338     Document Type: Article

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