Pneumococcal bacteremia in hospitalized Israeli adults: Epidemiology and resistance to penicillin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1164-1168

  Raz, Raul ^a   Elhanan, Gai ^b   Shimoni, Zvi ^b   Kitzes, Ruth ^b   Rudnicki, Carlos ^b   Igra, Yardena ^b   Yinnon, Amos ^b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031009655     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513635     Document Type: Article

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