Typing and Susceptibility to Penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis Isolated from Patients in Cuba (1993-1999)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 523-525

  Sosa, Jorge ^a   Llanes, Rafael ^a   Guzmán, Daymi ^a   Quintana, Ibrahín ^a   Flores, Mayra ^a   Gutiérrez, Oderay ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuba; Neisseria meningitidis; Reduced sensitivity; Typing

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CUBA; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CUBA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0035344372     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000400014     Document Type: Article

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