Penicillin/ampicillin efficacy among children with severe pneumonia due to penicillin-resistant pneumococcus (MIC=4 μg ml-1)

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1390-1392

  Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^a   Cardoso, Maria Regina ^b   Brandileone, Maria Cristina ^c   Ferrero, Fernando ^d   Camargos, Paulo ^e   Berezin, Eitan ^f   Ruvinsky, Raul ^g   Sant'Anna, Clemax ^h   March, Maria Fátima ^h   Feris Iglesias, Jesus ⁱ   Maggi, Rubem ^j   Benguigui, Yehuda ^k   Pascua, Carlos ^l   Martiarena, Carmen ^l   Pace, Julio ^l   Regueira, Mabel ^l   Rial, María José ^l   Agosti, María ^l   Gonzalez, Norma ^l   Tagliaferri, Paulina ^l   Cosiglio, Raquel ^l   Grenon, Sandra ^l   Ayala, Silvia ^l   Cardoso, Antônio ^l   Marques, Claudia ^l   Just, Eduardo ^l   Oliveira, Fernando ^l   Leocádio Filho, Geraldo ^l   Bomfim, Karla ^l   Freitas Souza, Leda ^l   Otsuka, Marcelo ^l   Coelho, Marinalva ^l   Tura, Mônica ^l   Casagrande, Silvana ^l   Coradín, Hilma ^l   Sánchez, Jacqueline ^l   more..

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Pedro Elizalde   (Argentina)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f Medical School of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^g Hospital Municipal Durand   (Argentina)

^h Martagão Gesteira Paediatric Institute   (Brazil)

ⁱ School of Medicine   (Dominican Republic)

^j INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^k PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70349332610     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007765-0     Document Type: Letter

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