Isolation in France of a clinical strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptible to amoxycillin and resistant to cefotaxime [1]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 283-284

  Vergnaud, M ^a   Prevost J N ^a   Malbruny, B ^a   Brun, J ^a   Leclercq, R ^a  

^a CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034191855     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00077.x     Document Type: Letter

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