Characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from the San Francisco Bay area of Northern California

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1727-1731

  York, Mary K ^a   Gibbs, Laurel ^a   Perdreau Remington, Francoise ^a   Brooks, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032962022     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1727-1731.1999     Document Type: Article

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