Breakthrough pneumococcal bacteremia in patients being treated with azithromycin and clarithromycin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1008-1011

  Kelley, M A ^a   Weber, D J ^a   Gilligan, P ^a   Cohen, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034452452     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318157     Document Type: Article

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