Predominance of the multiresistant 23F international clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae among isolates from Mexico

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Echániz Aviles, Gabriela ^a   Velázquez Meza, Maria Elena ^a   Carnalla Barajas, Maria Noemí ^a   Soto Noguerón, Araceli ^a   Di Fabio, José Luis ^b   Solórzano Santos, Forting ^c   Jiménez Tapia, Yolanda ^d   Tomasz, Alexander ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MEXICO; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031769459     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.241     Document Type: Article

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