Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance among multiply resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1310-1313

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Que, Tak Lun ^c   Tsang, Dominic Ngai Chong ^d   Ng, Tak Keung ^e   Chow, Kin Hung ^a   Seto, Wing Hon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIMENTIN; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HONG KONG; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032908242     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.5.1310     Document Type: Article

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