Impact of cotrimoxazole on carriage and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in HIV-infected children in Zambia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3756-3762

  Mwenya, Darlington M ^a,b   Charalambous, Bambos M ^b   Phillips, Patrick P J ^c   Mwansa, James C L ^a   Batt, Sarah L ^b   Nunn, Andrew J ^c   Walker, Sarah ^c   Gibb, Diana M ^c   Gillespie, Stephen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ZAMBIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77956120160     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01409-09     Document Type: Article

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