Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in six Latin American countries: 1993-1999 Surveillance

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-401

  Hortal, M ^a   Lovgren, M ^b   De La Hoz, F ^c   Agudelo, C I ^c   Brandileone, M C ^d   Camou, T ^a   Casagrande, S ^d   Castaneda E ^c   Corso, A ^e   Echaniz, G ^f   Hormazabal, J C ^g   Pace, J ^e   Palacio, R ^a   Perez Giffoni, G ^a   Ruvinsky, R ^e   Di Fabio, J L ^h  

^a Departamento de Laboratorios   (Uruguay)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^h PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MEXICO; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGE FACTORS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035700773     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10766290152773400     Document Type: Article

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