Comparative activities of clarithromycin, erythromycin, and azithromycin against penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant pneumococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1950-1952

  Ednie, L M ^a   Visalli, M A ^a   Jacobs, M R ^b   Appelbaum, P C ^a  

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

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029818247     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.8.1950     Document Type: Article

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