β-Lactam Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens of the Upper Respiratory Tract: A Brief Overview of Mechanisms

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 103-109

  Tomasz, Alexander ^a   Munoz, Rosario ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y CONSUMO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029311681     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1995.1.103     Document Type: Article

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