Antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus pyogenes from pediatric patients;SENSIBILIDAD ANTIBIOTICA DE STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES EN PEDIATRIA

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 272-274

  Gené, Amadeu ^a   González Cuevas, Araceli ^a   Juncosa, Teresa ^a   Luaces, Carles ^a   Latorre, Cristina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Macrolides; Penicillin; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0031694811     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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