Resistance pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children during a four-year period in Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 864-866

  Paraskakis, I ^a   Lebessi, E ^a   Legakis, N J ^b   Skandami, V ^a   Kafetzis, D A ^b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032435614     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050208     Document Type: Article

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