Geographic distribution of penicillin resistance of streptococcus pneumoniae in Brazil: Genetic relatedness

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-217

  De Cunto Brandileone, Maria Cristina ^a,b,c,d,e   Di Fabio, José Luis ^a,b,c,d,e   Vieira, Vera Simonsen Dias ^a,b,c,d,e   Zanella, Rosemeire Cobo ^a,b,c,d,e   Casagrande, Silvana Tadeu ^a,b,c,d,e   Pignatari, Antonio Carlos ^a,b,c,d,e   Tomasz, Alexander ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031770959     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.209     Document Type: Article

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