Macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1578-1580

  Ip, M ^a   Lyon, D J ^a   Yung, R W H ^a   Chan, C ^a   Cheng, A F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035029163     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.5.1578-1580.2001     Document Type: Article

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