The role of fourth-generation cephalosporins in the treatment of infections caused by penicillin-resistant streptococci

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages s48-s60

  Klugman, Keith ^a,e   Goldstein, Fred ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^c   Baqnero, Fernando ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cefpirome; Cephalosporins; Epidemiology; Penicillin resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344907821     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00646.x     Document Type: Article

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