Emergence of macrolide and penicillin resistance among invasive pneumococcal isolates in Germany

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-68

  Reinert, Ralf René ^a   Al Lahham, Adnan ^a   Lemperle, Maria ^a   Tenholte, Christoph ^a   Briefs, Claudia ^a   Haupts, Stefan ^a   Gerards, Hans Hubert ^b   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN ERM; PROTEIN MEF; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036156712     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/49.1.61     Document Type: Article

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