Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing systemic infections among children in Germany, 1992 to 1996

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-245

  Reinert, Ralf René ^a,b   Kaufhold, Achim ^a   Schlaeger, Johannes Josef ^a   Mechery, Vinod ^a   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Pneumococcus; serotypes; susceptibilities

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031058502     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199702000-00014     Document Type: Article

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