The incidence of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in the Slovak Republic

Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 316-322

  Trupl, Jan ^a   Hupková, Helena ^b   Appelbaum, Peter C ^c   Jacobs, Michael R ^d   Benectova A ^e   Csolleyova E ^e   Drdulova E ^e   Glosova L ^e   Hanzen, J ^e   Hajdukova M ^e   Kapanikova V ^e   Knotkova H ^e   Kopacikova H ^e   Kotulova D ^e   Kohut P ^e   Kravec, V ^e   Langsadl L ^e   Matheiselova J ^e   Mikovicova A ^e   Molokacova M ^e   Muzycenkova H ^e   Petrikova I ^e   Purgelova A ^e   Schulz, A ^e   Smolkova K ^e   Sobotova A ^e   Vargova M ^e   more..

^a National Cancer Center   (Slovakia)

^b Railway Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Multidrug resistance; Penicillin resistance; Slovak Republic; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOVAKIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030825389     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239584     Document Type: Article

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