Antimicrobial resistance of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Lebanon

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-286

  Uwaydah, Marwan ^a   Jradeh, Mona ^a   Shihab, Zakiyya ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFETAMET; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; LEBANON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029743303     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.2.283     Document Type: Article

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