Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from outpatients in the United States during the winter months of 1994 to 1995: Results of a 30-center national surveillance study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1208-1213

  Doern, Gary V ^a,c   Brueggemann, Angela ^a   Holley Jr , H Preston ^b   Rauch, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030003732     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1208     Document Type: Article

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