Genotypic survey of recent β-lactam-resistant pneumococcal nasopharyngeal isolates from asymptomatic children in Chile

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3725-3730

  Gherardi, Giovanni ^a   Inostrozo, Jaime S ^b   O'Ryan, Miguel ^c   Prado, Valeria ^c   Prieto, Susana ^c   Arellano, Carolina ^c   Facklam, Richard R ^a   Beall, Bernard ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032851115     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3725-3730.1999     Document Type: Article

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