Susceptibility of beta-hemolytic streptococci to nine antimicrobial agents among four medical centers in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 123-128

  Carroll, Karen C ^a,b,c   Monroe, Patricia ^a   Cohen, Samuel ^a   Hoffman, Mark ^a   Hamilton, Leslie ^a   Korgenski, Kent ^c   Reimer, Larry ^b,e   Classen, David ^d   Daly, Judy ^b,c  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UTAH;

EID: 0031011832     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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