Clinical and Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Unusual Multiply Resistant Pneumococci

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1986, Pages 1186-1190

  Klugman, Keith P ^a   Koornhof, Hendrik J ^a   Kuhnle, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUSCEPTIBILITY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, LACTAM; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SULFONAMIDES; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0022975555     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140250112045     Document Type: Article

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