Introduction of new clones of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1522-1525

  Ip, Margaret ^a   Lyon, Donald J ^a   Yung, Raymond W H ^a   Tsang, Lily ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036211108     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1522-1525.2002     Document Type: Article

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