Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae in China and comparison of MICs by agar dilution and E-test methods

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2633-2636

  Wang, Hui ^a   Huebner, Robin ^b   Chen, Minjun ^a   Klugman, Keith ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031691871     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.10.2633     Document Type: Article

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