A prospective study of intrafamilial transmission and antimicrobial susceptibility of Moraxella catarrhalis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 599-604

  Masaki, Hironori ^a   Qin, Liang ^b   Zhou, Zhaoyan ^d   Onizuka, Tomoko ^a   Watanabe, Kiwao ^c   Hu, Bijie ^d   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Tagami Hospital   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Intrafamilial transmission; Moraxella catarrhalis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFDITOREN; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAFAMILIAL TRANSMISSION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 80052752190     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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