Hospital cross-infection with penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae confirmed by DNA finger printing;Meningite a pneumocoque resistant a la penicilline et transmission nosocomiale en milieu hospitalier pediatrique confirmee par analyse genomique

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1239-1242

  Raymond, J ^a   Bingen, E ^b   Brahimi, N ^b   Bergeret, M ^a   Doit, C ^b   Badoual, J ^a   Gendrel, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

cross infection; infant; meningitis, pneumococcal; penicillin resistant pneumococcus; pneumococcal infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPING;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030331163     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(97)85934-9     Document Type: Article

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