Increase in penicillin resistance rates in Belgium due to clonal spread of a penicillin-resistant 23F Streptococcus pneumoniae strain

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-125

  Hoefnagels Schuermans, A ^a   Van Eldere, J ^b   Van Lierde, S ^a   Verbist, L ^b   Verhaegen, J ^b   Peetermans, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Bacteriology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; FRANCE; HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BELGIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032730389     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050239     Document Type: Article

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