The study of penicillin tolerance in Streptococcus pyogenes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 453-455

  Panzaru, Carmen ^a   Diculencu, Daniela ^a   Apetrei, C ^a   Dahorea, Catalina ^b   Coman, Gabriela ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Sf Maria Clinical Pediatric Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030803617     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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