Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Lebanon: Implications for presumptive therapy

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-354

  Araj, G F ^a   Bey, H A ^a   Itani, L Y ^a   Kanj, S S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Penicillin resistant pneumococci; Pneumococci; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LEBANON; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033179008     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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