Molecular characterization of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Bulgaria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 638-648

  Setchanova, Lena ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULGARIA; DNA PROBE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033062548     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.638-648.1999     Document Type: Article

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