Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era

Published:2015-10-27 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Greenhill Andrew R.,Phuanukoonnon Suparat,Michael Audrey,Yoannes Mition,Orami Tilda,Smith Helen,Murphy Denise,Blyth Christopher,Reeder John,Siba Peter,Pomat William,Lehmann Deborah

Funder

Internally funded by PNG IMR

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12879-015-1197-0

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