Carriage of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae by children in Eastern and Central Europe - A multicenter study with use of standardized methods

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 712-717

  Appelbaum, P C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029741842     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.712     Document Type: Article

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