Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031029660     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.supplement_1.s85     Document Type: Article

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