Rapidly increasing prevalence of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in middle Tennessee: A 10-year clinical and molecular analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 395-399

  Tang, Yi Wei ^a   Li, Haijing ^a   Griffin, Jane P ^a   Haas, David W ^a   D'Agata, Erika M C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TENNESSEE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036164104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.395-399.2002     Document Type: Article

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