Penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae at San Francisco General Hospital

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 580-585

  Winston, Lisa G ^a   Perlman, Jennifer L ^a   Rose, David A ^a   Gerberding, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032860519     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598637     Document Type: Article

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