Patterns of antibiotic resistance, serotype distribution, and patient demographics of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong

Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 110-116

  Ip, M ^a   Lyon, D J ^a   Cheng, A F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Epidemiology; Hong Kong; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035124926     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048509     Document Type: Article

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