Levofloxacin in vitro activity against bacteremic isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-45

  Plouffe, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030152413     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(96)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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