Prevalence of serotypes and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from children in Beijing, China: Identification of two novel multiply-resistant clones

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-63

  McGee, L ^a   Wang, H ^b   Wasas, A ^a   Huebner, R ^a   Chen, M ^b   Klugman, K P ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035067012     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662901750152800     Document Type: Article

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