Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant pneumococci: Toward an international approach

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-251

  Hermans, Peter W M ^a   Sluijter, Marcel ^a   Dejsirilert, Surang ^b   Lemmens, Nicole ^a   Elzenaar, Kees ^c   Van Veen, Ans ^c   Goessens, Wil H F ^a   De Groot, Ronald ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030739246     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.243     Document Type: Article

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