Penicillin Tolerance and Erythromycin Resistance of Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococci in Hawaii and the Philippines

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 587-589

  Wittler, Robert R ^a   Yamada, Steven M ^a   Bass, James W ^a   Hamill, Randy ^a   Wiebe, Robert A ^b   Ascher, David P ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAWAII; HUMAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHILIPPINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0025356331     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150290081033     Document Type: Article

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