Rapid emergence of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in Hong Kong

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-376

  Lyon, Donald J ^a   Scheel, Olaf ^a   Fung, Kitty S C ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a   Henrichsen, Jørgen ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG USE; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029819125     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609037922     Document Type: Article

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