Capsular serotype and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Le, Cheng Foh ^a   Palanisamy, Navindra Kumari ^b   Yusof, Mohd Yasim ^a   de Sekaran, Shamalavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; INFECTION RISK; MALAYSIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 79956095909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019547     Document Type: Article

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