Antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italy by agar dilution method and E test

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-218

  Tarasi, Agapito ^a,b   Venditti, M ^b   D'Ambrosio, F ^a   Pantosti, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ITALY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032708795     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.215     Document Type: Article

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