Persistence of Neisseria meningitidis in the upper respiratory tract after intravenous antibiotic therapy for systemic meningococcal disease

J Infect Dis. 1985 Feb;151(2):370-1. doi: 10.1093/infdis/151.2.370.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chloramphenicol / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / drug therapy*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology
  • Meningococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Meningococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / growth & development*
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use
  • Pharynx / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillins
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Ampicillin