The continued emergence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States: An update from the Centers for Disease Control and prevention's pneumococcal sentinel surveillance system

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 986-993

  Butler, Jay C ^a,b   Hofmann, Jo ^a,c   Cetron, Martin S ^a   Elliott, John A ^a   Facklam, Richard R ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c New Jersey State Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029999550     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.986     Document Type: Article

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