Increasing invasive disease due to penicillin resistant S. pneumoniae in India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 492-495

  Balaji, Veeraraghavan ^a   Thomas, Kurien ^a   Joshi, Hari ^b   Beall, Bernard ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Penicillin resistance; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 62249095439     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.48554     Document Type: Article

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