Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory tract isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Results of a canadian national surveillance study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2504-2509

  Zhanel, George G ^a,b,c   Karlowsky, James A ^a,b,c   Palatnick, Lorraine ^c   Vercaigne, Laverne ^b   Low, Donald E ^d   Hoban, Daryl J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORACARBEF; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032876908     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2504     Document Type: Article

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