Penicillin resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ghanaian children less than six years of age

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dayie, Nicholas T K D ^a,b   Arhin, Reuben E ^a   Newman, Mercy J ^a   Dalsgaard, Anders ^b   Bisgaard, Magne ^b   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^c   Slotved, Hans Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SCHOOL;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84886907683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-490     Document Type: Article

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