Epidemiology of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in eastern France

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Talon, Daniel ^a   Mulin, Blandine ^a   Dupont, Marie Jeanne ^a   Chareton, Anne Marie ^a   Thouverez, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Penicillin resistance; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031964627     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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