Antimicrobial resistance in Haemophilus influenzae respiratory tract isolates in Korea: Results of a nationwide acute respiratory infections surveillance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Bae, Songmee ^a   Lee, Jaehoon ^a   Lee, Jaehwa ^a   Kim, Eunah ^a   Lee, Sunhwa ^b   Yu, Jaeyon ^a   Kang, Yeonho ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b NeoDin Medical Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849116390     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00966-09     Document Type: Article

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