Antibiotic susceptibility of pneumococci isolated in Austria over a four-year period

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 817-820

  Mittermayer, H ^a   Jebelean, C ^a   Binder, L ^a   Haditsch, M ^a   Watschinger, R ^a  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BRONCHITIS; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SINUSITIS; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0029854614     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01701526     Document Type: Article

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