Prevalence of antibiotic resistance and serotypes in pneumococci in England and Wales: Results of observational surveys in 1990 and 1995

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7044, 1996, Pages 1454-1456

  Johnson, Alan P ^a   Speller, David C E ^a   George, Robert C ^a   Warner, Marina ^a   Domingue, Gil ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029891948     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1454     Document Type: Article

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