Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from infected children in Athens, Greece: Resistance patterns, serotypes and penicillin-binding protein 2B mutation characterization by PCR [2]

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-149

  Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos ^a   Papavasileiou, E ^b   Panagea, T ^b   Makri, A ^b   Paraskaki, I ^c   Nicolaou, C ^a   Ioannidis, A ^a   Legakis, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Children's Hospital of Athens Agia Sofia   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036701504     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00121-8     Document Type: Letter

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