The Association Between Antibiotic Use in the Community and Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Bedouin Children

BACKGROUND:The objective of the study was to evaluate whether the increase in antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage was associated with antibiotic use in the community in children in Southern Israel. METHODS:All the prescriptions given to Bedouin children

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2008-09, Vol.27 (9), p.776-782
Hauptverfasser:	Greenberg, David, Givon-Lavi, Noga, Sharf, Amir Z, Vardy, Daniel, Dagan, Ron
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Arabs Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Carrier State - microbiology Child, Preschool Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Israel Medical sciences Microbial Sensitivity Tests Nasopharynx - microbiology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:	BACKGROUND:The objective of the study was to evaluate whether the increase in antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage was associated with antibiotic use in the community in children in Southern Israel. METHODS:All the prescriptions given to Bedouin children
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0b013e3181715184