Three predominant clones identified within penicillin-resistant South African isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-389

  Smith, Anthony M ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031415119     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.385     Document Type: Article

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