Asymptomatic throat carriage rate and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Streptococcus pyogenes in Nepalese school children

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 392-396

  Dumre, Shyam Prakash ^a   Sapkota, K ^b   Adhikari, N ^b   Acharya, D ^b   Karki, M ^c   Bista, S ^b   Basnyat, S R ^b   Joshi, S K ^d  

^a National Public Health Laboratry   (Nepal)

^b Kantipur College of Medical Science   (Nepal)

^c Tribhuwan University   (Nepal)

^d KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics resistance; Children; Nepal; Streptococcus pyogenes; Throat carriage

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISK DIFFUSION; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT;

EID: 74849131645     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v7i4.2760     Document Type: Article

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