Distribution of capsular types and penicillin-resistance of strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing systemic infections in Argentinian children under 5 years of age

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Rossi, Alicia ^a,e   Ruvinsky, Raul ^b   Regueira, Mabel ^a   Corso, Alejandra ^a   Pace, Julio ^a   Gentile, Angela ^c   Di Fabio, José Luis ^d  

^a Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

^b Acute Respiratory Infection Program (ARI) for Argentina   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e Instituto National de Microbiologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030958956     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.135     Document Type: Article

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