The Escalating Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 912-916

  Chesney, P Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0026638243     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1992.02160200034022     Document Type: Article

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