Determination of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae by using the E test with Mueller-Hinton agar supplemented with sheep or horse blood may be unreliable

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-217

  Lovgren, M ^a,h   Dell'Acqua, L ^b   Palacio, R ^b   Echaniz Aviles G ^c   Soto Nogueron A ^c   Castaneda E ^d   Agudelo, C I ^d   Heitmann, I ^e   Brandileone, M C ^f   Zanella, R C ^f   Rossi, A ^g   Pace, J ^g   Talbot, J A ^a   Weekes, J ^a   McKercher, L ^a   Forwick, B ^a   Ng, T ^a   Hortal, M ^b   Carnalla, M N ^c   Velazquez, M E ^c   Jimenez, Y ^c   Cardenas P ^c   Perez A ^c   Lopez Antunano F J ^c   Solorzano F ^c   Casagrande, S T ^f   Almeida, S C G ^f   Corso, A ^g   more..

^a National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^g Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MEXICO; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URUGUAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032928009     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.215-217.1999     Document Type: Article

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