Patterns of macrolide resistance determinants among community-acquired Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates over a 5-year period of decreased macrolide susceptibility rates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2510-2512

  Oster, Philipp ^a   Zanchi, Alessandra ^a   Cresti, Stefania ^a   Lattanzi, Maria ^a   Montagnani, Francesca ^a   Cellesi, Carla ^a   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032822924     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2510     Document Type: Article

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