Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Harare, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 100-102

  Simango, C ^a   Mvududu, F ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ZIMBABWE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032737195     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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