Bacteremic pneumonia caused by a single clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae with different optochin susceptibilities

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 458-459

  Tsai, Hsiu Yuan ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Teng, Lee Jene ^c   Lee, Ping Ing ^b   Huang, Li Min ^b   Lee, Chin Yun ^b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^b  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALEXIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUININE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033985846     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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