Multiply antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from Spanish hospitals (1988-1994): Novel major clones of serotypes 14, 19F and 15F

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2747-2757

  Coffey, Tracey J ^a   Berrón, Sonsoles ^a,b   Daniels, Maggie ^a   Garcia Leoni, M Eugenia ^c   Cercenado, Emilia ^c   Bouza, Emilio ^c   Fenoll, Asuncion ^b   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Molecular epidemiology; Penicillin resistance; Penicillin binding proteins; Pneumococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029902292     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-10-2747     Document Type: Article

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