Antibiotic resistance of pneumococci in Norway

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Bergan, T ^a   Gaustad, P ^a   Hoiby E A ^a   Berdal, B P ^a   Furuberg, G ^a   Baann, J ^a   Tonjum T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Pneumococci; Resistance; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIRITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPARFLOXACIN; SPIRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORWAY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032052078     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(98)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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