Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among children attending day care centers;Prevalencia de Streptococcus pneumoniae resistente a penicilina en ninos que asisten a jardines infantiles en Santiago

Revista Chilena de Pediatria

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Olivia Trucco, A ^a   Valeria Prado, J ^a   Jaime Inostroza, S ^b   Elsa Cabrera, J ^c   Raul Teran R ^c   Ignacio Bravo, P ^c   Loriana Castillo, D ^a   Rosa Bustos, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Universidad de la Fromera

^c Unidad de Microbiologfa

^d Institute de Salud Publica

Author keywords

antibiotics; microbial drug resistance; penicillins; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030513465     PISSN: 03704106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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