National department of defense surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae: Antibiotic resistance, serotype distribution, and arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction analyses

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 591-596

  Hudspeth, M K ^a   Smith, T C ^a   Barrozo, C P ^a   Hawksworth, A W ^a   Ryan, M A K ^a   Gray, G C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEROTYPE; SOLDIER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035450378     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322786     Document Type: Article

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