Identification of three major clones of multiply antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwanese hospitals by multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3514-3519

  Shi, Zhi Yuan ^a,c   Enright, Mark C ^b   Wilkinson, Paul ^b   Griffiths, David ^b   Spratt, Brian G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031784290     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3514-3519.1998     Document Type: Article

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