Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Comparison of the in vitro activity of 16 antibiotics

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 13 SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Liñares, Josefina ^a   Tubau, Fe ^a   Alcaide, Fernando ^a   Ardanuy, Carmen ^a   Garcia, Amparo ^a   Martin, Rogelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029829786     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(96)80100-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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