MONTHLY CHANGES IN THE RATE OF RECOVERY OF PENICILLIN-RESISTANT ORGANISMS FROM CHILDREN

• Published in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 255 - 257
• Main Authors: Brook, Itzhak, Gober, Alan E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore, MD Williams & Wilkins 01-02-1997; Philadelphia, PA Lippincott; Hagerstown, MD
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lactams; Medical sciences; Oropharynx - microbiology; Penicillin Resistance; Pneumococcal Infections - drug therapy; Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology; Tonsillitis - drug therapy; Tonsillitis - microbiology; United States; North America; America; Fusobacterium; Neisseriaceae; Prevotella; Urban area; β-Lactamase; Epidemiology; Time variation; Haemophilus influenzae; Monthly variation; Bacteroidaceae; Tonsillitis; Penicillin derivatives; Microbiological investigation; Bacteria; Micrococcales; ENT disease; Micrococcaceae; Pharynx disease; Branhamella catarrhalis; Child; Staphylococcus aureus; Human; Enzyme; Bacteriological investigation; Pharynx; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Infection; Pasteurellaceae; Streptococcaceae; Antibiotic; Sensitivity resistance; Bacteriosis; Hydrolases; Pharyngitis
• ISSN: 0891-3668; 1532-0987
• DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199702000-00020

This study was designed to investigate the dynamics of penicillin resistance in the community by monitoring the monthly changes in the rate of recovery of penicillin-resistant bacteria in the oropharynx of children.