Invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type a in Northern Ontario First Nations communities

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-390

  Kelly, Len ^a   Tsang, Raymond S W ^b   Morgan, Alanna ^a   Jamieson, Frances B ^c,d   Ulanova, Marina ^a  

^a NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY MASS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANADA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; ELBOW; EMPYEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMOPTYSIS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRITABILITY; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MORBID OBESITY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TACHYPNEA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951862300     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.026914-0     Document Type: Article

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