Epidemiology of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci in Iceland, 1995-2010

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 940-946

  Hjalmarsdottir M A ^a,b   Kristinsson, K G ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Pneumococci; Resistance; Serotypes; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NAMITECAN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN NON SUSCEPTIBLE PNEUMOCOCCI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; VACCINATION;

PNEUMOCOCCI; RESISTANCE; SEROTYPES; SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896443775     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt470     Document Type: Article

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