Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from community acquired infections in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asian low and middle income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1167-1179

  Ashley, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Lubell, Yoel ^a,c   White, Nicholas J ^a,c   Turner, Paul ^a,c,d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Africa; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial resistance; Asia; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella spp.; Sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79961167579     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02822.x     Document Type: Review

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