Macrolide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 875-879

  Inthraburan, Kajorn ^a  

^a Charoen Krung Pracharak Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Macrolide resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Thailand

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893588230     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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