Susceptibility of bacterial isolates from community-acquired infections in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to macrolide antibiotics

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1192-1205

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

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Antibacterial agents; Antibiotic resistance; Asia; Fever; Macrolides; Pneumococcal infections; Pneumonia; Resistance; Sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

AGE CLASS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; PATHOGEN; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STERILITY; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASIA; ASIAN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIA; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CLARITHROMYCIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80052913027     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02837.x     Document Type: Review

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