Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial agents of the upper respiratory tract of school children in Buea, Cameroon

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-404

  Ndip, Roland N ^a,b   Ntiege, E A ^a   Ndip, L M ^a   Nkwelang, G ^a   Akoachere, J F T K ^a   Akenji T, Nkuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Cameroon; Child; Drug resistance; Influenza; Microbial; Microbial susceptibility tests; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAMEROON; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIA; CAMEROON; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449083352     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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