T serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Group A streptococcus isolates from pediatric pharyngotonsillitis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 454-456

  Funahashi, Keiji ^a   Nakane, Kazumasa ^a   Yasuda, Naoko ^a   Suzuki, Michio ^a   Narito, Atushi ^a   Arai, Naoko ^a   Ahn, Jaekun ^a   Koyama, Norio ^a   Ushida, Hajime ^a   Nishimura, Naoko ^a   Ozaki, Takao ^a  

^a Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agriculture Co operative Associations Konan Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFDITOREN; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; PANIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGOTONSILLITIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNGITIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 58149380788     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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