Prospective study of the invasive strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in 16 Cataluna (Spain) hospitals in 1996;Estudio prospectivo de las cepas invasivas de Streptococcus pneumoniae aisladas en 16 hospitales de Cataluna durante 1996

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 286-291

  Latorre, Cristina ^a   Sierra, Montserrat ^a   Lite, Josep ^a   Ballester F , ^b   Corcoy F , ^b   Fontanals D , ^b   Galles C ^b   Gasos A ^b   Guimera J ^b   Marti C ^b   Morera M A , ^b   Morta M , ^b   Raga X , ^b   Sauca G , ^b   Serraseca C , ^b   Vilamala A , ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Systemic infections

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032811959     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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