Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Bellvitge Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (1979-1990)

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 99-105

  Linares J ^a   Pallares, R ^a   Alonso, T ^a   Perez, J L ^a   Ayats, J ^a   Gudiol, F ^a   Viladrich, P F ^a   Martin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0026645743     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/15.1.99     Document Type: Article

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