Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and genomic diversity in strains of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in 1978-1997 in different Brazilian cities

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-258

  De Melo, Maria Celeste Nunes ^a   Sá Figueiredo, Agnes Marie ^a   Ferreira Carvalho, Bernadete Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037339281     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04938-0     Document Type: Article

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