Use of ceftizoxime screening for the detection of cephalosporin- resistant pneumococci

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 99-101

  Schutze, Gordon E ^a,c   Lewno, Mary Jo ^a   Mason Jr , Edward O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030906787     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00221-0     Document Type: Article

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