Spread of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among hospitalized children in Slovakia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 374-379

  Reichler, Mary R ^b   Rakovsky, Julius ^c   Sláčiková, Margarita ^c   Hlaváčová, Beata ^c   Krajčíková, Ludmila ^c   Tarina, Peter ^c   Sobotová, Alica ^c   Facklam, Richard R ^c   Breiman, Robert F ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030069781     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.2.374     Document Type: Article

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