Investigation of pneumonia-causing pathogenic organisms in children and the usefulness of tebipenem pivoxil for their treatment

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-287

  Kuroki, Haruo ^a   Tateno, Noriko ^a   Ikeda, Hiroyuki ^a   Saito, Naoko ^a  

^a Medical Corporation Shigyo no kai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Oral carbapenem; PCR; Pneumonia; Sputum; Tebipenem pivoxil

Indexed keywords

CEPHEM; CLARITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; TEBIPENEM PIVOXIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LIQUID FECES; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 77955660592     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0053-9     Document Type: Article

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