Antimicrobial resistant profile of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from the nasopharynx of secondary school students in Jos, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-13

  Kandakai Olukemi, Y T ^a   Dido, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Resistant; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; NIGERIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349162055     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55757     Document Type: Article

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