The epidemiology of pneumococcal carriage and infections in Malaysia

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-719

  Le, Cheng Foh ^a   Jefferies, Johanna M ^b,c,d   Yusof, Mohd Yasim Mohd ^a   Sekaran, Shamala Devi ^a   Clarke, Stuart C ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibiotic; meningitis; molecular epidemiology; otitis media; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal infections; pneumonia; serotype; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALORIDINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84863220924     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.12.54     Document Type: Review

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