Asymptomatic colonization of upper respiratory tract by potential bacterial pathogens

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 775-778

  Dhakal, Rupak ^a   Sujatha, S ^a   Parija, S C ^a   Bhat, B V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial colonization; Sociodemographic factors; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HETEROZYGOTE; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77955919867     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0118-x     Document Type: Article

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