Genetic relationship of penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19B strains in Japan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-110

  Yoshida, R ^a   Hirakata, Y ^a   Kaku, M ^a   Takemura, H ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Tomono, K ^a   Koga, H ^a   Kohno, S ^a   Kamihira, S ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030943742     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007273     Document Type: Article

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