Identification of the major Spanish clones of penicillin-resistant pneumococci via the Internet using multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 977-986

  Zhou, Jiaji ^a   Enright, Mark C ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; INTERNET; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034007671     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.977-986.2000     Document Type: Article

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