Antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from children in Marrakech region (Morocco)

Summary: Monitoring of Streptococcus pneumoniae antibiotic resistance is of great importance due to the frequency of strains becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. In this study, we report the antibiotic susceptibility of the serotypes of S. pneumoniae strains isolated from healthy children...

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Main Authors: Karima Warda, Khalid Oufdou, Kawtar Zahlane, Mohammed Bouskraoui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034113000944