Antimicrobial Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: An Overview

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 77-83

  Appelbaum, Peter C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0026702093     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/15.1.77     Document Type: Article

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