Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in invasive isolates of Neisseria meningitidis in Australia 1994-1999

Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-361

  Tapsall, J W ^a   Shultz, T ^a   Limnios, E ^a   Munro, R ^a   Mercer, J ^a   Porritt, R ^a   Griffith, J ^a   Hogg, G ^a   Lum, G ^a   Lawrence, A ^a   Hansman, D ^a   Collignon, P ^a   Southwell, P ^a   Ott, K ^a   Gardam, M ^a   Richardson, C J L ^a   Bates, J ^a   Murphy, D ^a   Smith, H ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Ceftriaxone; Meningococci; Neisseria meningitidis; Penicillin; Quinolone; Rifampicin; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0034902978     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/pat.33.3.359.361     Document Type: Article

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