A global gene pool for high-level cephalosporin resistance in commensal Streptococcus species and Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1001-1012

  Reichmann, Peter ^b   König, Andrea ^b   Liñares, Josefina ^b   Alcaide, Fernando ^b   Tenover, Fred C ^b   McDougal, Linda ^b   Swidsinski, Sonja ^b   Hakenbeck, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0030879862     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516532     Document Type: Article

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