Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Argentina: Frequent occurrence of an internationally spread serotype 14 clone

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-231

  Rossi, Alicia ^a,c   Corso, Alejandra ^a   Pace, Julio ^a   Regueira, Mabel ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031741161     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.225     Document Type: Article

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