Impact of modified nonmeningeal Streptococcus pneumoniae interpretive criteria (NCCLS M100-S12) on the susceptibility patterns of five parenteral cephalosporins: Report from the sentry antimicrobial surveillance program (1997 to 2001)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4332-4333

  Jones, Ronald N ^a   Mutnick, Alan H ^a   Varnam, David J ^a  

^a JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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

EID: 0036841739     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4332-4333.2002     Document Type: Article

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