Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Jamaican patient with homozygous sickle-cell disease

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 95-96

  Wierenga, K J J ^a   Moosdeen, F ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Serjeant, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029833578     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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