Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 148-153

  Eltahawy, A T A E ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Penicillin resistance; Resistance pattern; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035059655     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2001.13.2.148     Document Type: Article

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