Antibiotic sensitivity of bacterial in empyema in children
- Author:
Van Khanh Ta
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
empyema
- MeSH:
child;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Bacteria;
Empyema
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2000;392(12):2-5
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study on 503 pediatric patients with ages of 0-15, and empyema in the Institute of Pediatry during 1990-1999 has shown that the empyema occurred mainly in children with age of under 2 years - the major causative bacterial were S.aureus; negative gram bacterial accounted for 25%. The S.aureus resisted to the common antibiotics and sensitize to aminozides, glycopeptides and beta latamine; the negative gram bacterials resisted to the common antibiotic and sensitize to cefoperazone, ceftazidime, aminozides and quinolones
