Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 26 I, 2000, Pages 1917-1924

  Whitney, Cynthia G ^a,j   Farley, Monica M ^b   Hadler, James ^c   Harrison, Lee H ^d   Lexau, Catherine ^e   Reingold, Arthur ^f   Lefkowitz, Lewis ^g   Cieslak, Paul R ^h   Cetron, Martin ^a   Zell, Elizabeth R ^a   Jorgensen, James H ⁱ   Schuchat, Anne ^a   Facklam, Richard R ^a   Bennett, Nancy M ^k  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^k Monroe County Department of Public Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034727809     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200012283432603     Document Type: Article

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