Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 60-66 , 2010

Antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital in Kuwait, 1997–2007: Implications for empiric therapy

  • Molly Johny

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Amiri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
    • ,
  • Mohammed Babelly

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Amiri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
    • ,
  • Ina’am Al-Obaid

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Sabah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
    • ,
  • Kaleefa Al-Benwan

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Amiri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
    • ,
  • Edet E. Udo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, 13110 Safat, Kuwait
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +965 2 4986773; fax: +965 2 5332719.

Received 14 September 2009 ,Revised 2 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 February 2010.

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PII: S1876-0341(10)00023-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.02.003

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 60-66 , 2010

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