In vitro susceptibility of pneumococci to trovafloxacin, penicillin G, and other antimicrobial agents in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 686-688

  Urbaskova P ^a   Trupl, J ^b   Hupkova H ^b   Appelbaum, P C ^c   Jacobs, M R ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

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

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFPODOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SPARFLOXACIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029792280     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691161     Document Type: Article

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