Carriage of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Greek infants and toddlers

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 288-293

  Syrogiannopoulos, G A ^a   Grivea, I N ^a   Katopodis, G D ^a   Geslin, P ^b   Jacobs, M R ^c   Beratis, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Ctr Natl de Reference du P   (France)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034014878     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050477     Document Type: Article

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