Failure of pristinamycin treatment in a case of pneumonia caused by a streptogramins B-type resistant pneumococcus

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-420

  Brevet Coupe, Françoise ^a   Guerin, Bruno ^a   Watine, Joseph ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PRISTINAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 0031794811     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850160756     Document Type: Article

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