Pneumococcal infections at a rural tertiary care hospital: A seven year study study on isolation rate, clinical spectrum and antibiogram

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 50-52

  Deva, Anitha ^a   Prasad, Subba Rama ^a   Madappa, Beena Parvangada ^a   Junjegowda, Krishnappa ^a   Narayanaswaaswamy Bachu, Raghavendra Prasad ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiogram of pneumococci; Isolation rate; Spectrum of Pneumococcal disease; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84893440199     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/7243.4005     Document Type: Article

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