Geographic variation in penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae - Selected sites, United States, 1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 48, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 656-661

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ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

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