Emergence of high-level penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and cefotaxime treatment failure in immunocompromised patients in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 211-215

  Mokaddas, E M ^a   Sterba, J ^b   Pandita, R ^c   Udo, E ^b   Sanyal, S C ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised patients; Penicillin and cefotaxime resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001021571     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157554     Document Type: Article

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