Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes and antibiotic resistance in Spain: Update (1990 to 1996)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3447-3454

  Fenoll, Asunción ^a   Jado, Isabel ^a   Vicioso, Dolores ^a   Pérez, Amalia ^a   Casal, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EVOLUTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHORT SURVEY; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031724709     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3447-3454.1998     Document Type: Short Survey

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