Antibiotic resistance in Latin America: A cause for alarm

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Valenzuela, M Teresa ^a   de Quadros, Ciro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^b SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; PCV7; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 68449099296     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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