Antimicrobial resistance of 914 beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from pharyngeal swabs in Spain: Results of a 1-year (1996-1997) multicenter surveillance study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 178-180

  Baquero, Fernando ^a   García Rodríguez, José Angel ^b   De Lomas, Juan García ^c   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^d   Gobernado, M ^e   Diosdado, N ^e   Bouza, E ^f   Cercenado, E ^f   Gutierrez, A ^g   Garcia A ^g   Cisterna, R ^h   Morla, A ^h   Perea, E ⁱ   Martinez L ⁱ   De La Rosa, M ^j   Martinez Brocal A ^j   Casal, M ^k   Ibarra, A ^k   Trujillano, I ^b   Gomez Lus R ^l   Rubio, M C ^l   Gomez Garcia A C ^m   Blanco Palenciano, F J ^m   Garcia Riestra C ⁿ   Rodriguez I ⁿ   Gimeno, C ^c   Navarro, D ^c   Torrellas, A ^d   Granizo, J J ^d   Moreno, R ^d   Dal Re R ^d   more..

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Valenciano de Microbiologia   (Spain)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0344389024     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.1.178     Document Type: Article

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