Invasive pneumococcal infection in a community hospital, 1993 to 1995: Characteristics of resistant strains

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 809-814

  Orenstein, Julian B ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029783347     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170330035006     Document Type: Review

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