Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children
To assess resistance rates among respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial usage of children in Iceland and Lithuania, and to correlate usage patterns with resistance rates, nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from healthy children attending day-care centres in Reykjavik (n = 6) and Vilnius (n = 13)...
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ftlithuaniansrc:oai:elaba:3267221 2023-05-15T16:48:05+02:00 Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children Hjaltested, Einar Bernatonienė, Jolanta Erlendsdottir, Helga Kaltenis, Petras Bernatonienė, Gina Gudnason, T.H Haraldsson, Asgeir Kristinson, Karl 2003 http://vu.lvb.lt/VU:ELABAPDB3267221&prefLang=en_US eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/0036554021000026996 http://vu.lvb.lt/VU:ELABAPDB3267221&prefLang=en_US Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, Oslo : Taylor and Francis, 2003, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 21-26 ISSN 0036-5548 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2003 ftlithuaniansrc https://doi.org/10.1080/0036554021000026996 2021-12-02T00:26:10Z To assess resistance rates among respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial usage of children in Iceland and Lithuania, and to correlate usage patterns with resistance rates, nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from healthy children attending day-care centres in Reykjavik (n = 6) and Vilnius (n = 13), and cultured for pneumococci, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Information about recent antimicrobial use was obtained by a questionnaire. 50% and 51% carried pneumococci, 59% and 67% carried H. influenzae and 60% and 46% carried M. catarrhalis, in Reykjavik (n = 297) and Vilnius (n=508), respectively. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 35 1 21 26 |
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To assess resistance rates among respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial usage of children in Iceland and Lithuania, and to correlate usage patterns with resistance rates, nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from healthy children attending day-care centres in Reykjavik (n = 6) and Vilnius (n = 13), and cultured for pneumococci, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Information about recent antimicrobial use was obtained by a questionnaire. 50% and 51% carried pneumococci, 59% and 67% carried H. influenzae and 60% and 46% carried M. catarrhalis, in Reykjavik (n = 297) and Vilnius (n=508), respectively. |
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Hjaltested, Einar Bernatonienė, Jolanta Erlendsdottir, Helga Kaltenis, Petras Bernatonienė, Gina Gudnason, T.H Haraldsson, Asgeir Kristinson, Karl |
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Hjaltested, Einar Bernatonienė, Jolanta Erlendsdottir, Helga Kaltenis, Petras Bernatonienė, Gina Gudnason, T.H Haraldsson, Asgeir Kristinson, Karl Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children |
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Hjaltested, Einar Bernatonienė, Jolanta Erlendsdottir, Helga Kaltenis, Petras Bernatonienė, Gina Gudnason, T.H Haraldsson, Asgeir Kristinson, Karl |
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Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children |
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Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children |
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Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children |
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Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children |
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Resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in Icelandic and Lithuanian children |
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resistance in respiratory tract pathogens and antimicrobial use in icelandic and lithuanian children |
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