High incidence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in South Korea

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-406

  Kim, Su Nam ^a   Kim, Seung Whan ^a   Choi, In Hwa ^a   Pyo, Suhk Neung ^a   Rhee, Dong Kwon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCIDENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030467074     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.401     Document Type: Article

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