Increasing resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones: Results of a Hong Kong multicentre study in 2000

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 659-665

  Ho, P L ^a   Yung, R W H ^c   Tsang, D N C ^d   Que, T L ^e   Ho, M ^f   Seto, W H ^g   Ng, T K ^h   Yam, W C ^g   Ng, Wilson W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Queen Elizabeth Hospital

^e TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^g Queen Mary Hospital

^h PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINAFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENE LOCUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035189079     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/48.5.659     Document Type: Article

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