Activity of penicillin and three third-generation cephalosporins against US isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: A 1995 surveillance study

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-95

  Thornsberry, C ^a   Burton, P H ^a   Vanderhoof, B H ^a  

^a MRL Pharmaceutical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030175071     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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