Optochin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Mechanism, significance, and clinical implications

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 582-590

  Pikis, Andreas ^a,b   Campos, Joseph M ^b,c   Rodriguez, William J ^b   Keith, Jerry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; QUININE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035450270     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322803     Document Type: Article

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