Penicillin resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal carrier children under 5 years of age in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART7, 2012, Pages 952-959

  Moyo, Sabrina J ^a,b   Steinbakk, Martin ^c   Aboud, Said ^a   Mkopi, Namala ^d   Kasubi, Mabula ^d   Blomberg, Bjorn ^b,e   Manji, Karim ^a   Lyamuya, Eligius F ^a   Maselle, Samuel Y ^a   Langeland, Nina ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84862655986     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.042598-0     Document Type: Article

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