Pneumococci causing invasive disease in Britain 1982-1990

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-27

  Colman, G ^a,b   Cooke, E M ^a   Cookson, B D ^a   Cooper, P G ^a   Efstratiou, A ^a   George, R C ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031962938     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-1-17     Document Type: Article

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