Is there an ecological relationship between rates of antibiotic resistance of species of the genus Streptococcus?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3384-3386

  Gómez Lus, Rafael ^a   Granizo, Juan J ^b   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^b   Bouza, Emilio ^c   Gutierrez, Avelino ^d   García De Lomas, Juan ^e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b Medical and Logistics Department   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e Inst Valenciano Microbiol   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE;

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

EID: 0345493731     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3384-3386.1999     Document Type: Article

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