Relationship between capsular type, penicillin susceptibility, and virulence of human Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in mice

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1575-1577

  Azoulay Dupuis, E ^a   Rieux, V ^a   Muffat Joly, M ^a   Bedos J P ^a   Vallee E ^a   Rivier, C ^a   Isturiz, R ^a   Carbon, C ^a   Moine, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; CAPSID; HUMANS; MICE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034093173     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.6.1575-1577.2000     Document Type: Article

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