Mechanisms of the spread of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae strains causing meningitis in children in France

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 520-528

  Doit, Catherine ^b   Denamur, Erick ^b   Picard, Bertrand ^b   Geslin, Pierre ^b   Elion, Jacques ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029781527     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.3.520     Document Type: Article

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