Group B Streptococcus infection: Epidemiology, serotypes, and antimicrobial susceptibility of selected isolates in the population beyond infancy (excluding females with genital tract- and pregnancy-related isolates) at the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-194

  Karunakaran, Rina ^a   Raja, Nadeem Sajjad ^a   Hafeez, Asma ^a   Puthucheary, Savithri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROTYPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 69249235580     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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