The molecular epidemiology of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1994-2000

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 330-339

  Richter, Sandra S ^a   Heilmann, K P ^a   Coffman, S L ^a   Huynh, H K ^a   Brueggemann, A B ^a   Pfaller, M A ^a   Doern, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036467236     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338065     Document Type: Article

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