Pneumococcal pneumonia in adults treated at University of Kentucky Medical Center, 1995-1998: Implications of pathogen resistance

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1160-1162

  Greenberg, Richard N ^a,b   Martin, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032938918     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517763     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. 2. Block SL, Harrison CJ, Hedrick JA, et al. Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in acute otitis media: risk factors, susceptibility patterns and antimicrobial management. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1995;14:751-9.
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