Erythromycin susceptibility of viridans streptococci from the normal throat flora of patients treated with azithromycin or clarithromycin

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-92

  King, A ^a   Bathgate, T ^a   Phillips, I ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Clarithromycin; Macrolide resistance genes; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST STRIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036462999     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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