Epidemiology of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Kayseri, Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 548-552

  Esel, D ^a   Sumerkan B ^a   Kocagoz S ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Penicillin resistance; PFGE; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035494943     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743X.2001.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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