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Throat culture positivity rate and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of beta-hemolytic streptococci in children on secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease
BACKGROUND: Among children diagnosed to have chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease (RHD) in Ethiopia, many have been observed to develop recurrence of rheumatic fever (RF) despite secondary prophylaxis. This study determined the throat culture positivity rate and drug susceptibility pattern of be...
Autores principales: | Zegeye, Nigus, Asrat, Daniel, Woldeamanuel, Yimtubezinash, Habte, Abebe, Gedlu, Etsegenet, Tønjum, Tone, Aseffa, Abraham |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27663649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1841-3 |
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