Streptococcus agalactiae in adults at chiang mai university hospital: A retrospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chaiwarith, Romanee ^a   Jullaket, Waree ^a   Bunchoo, Manasanant ^a   Nuntachit, Nontakan ^a   Sirisanthana, Thira ^a   Supparatpinyo, Khuanchai ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UVEITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955176398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-149     Document Type: Article

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