Dissemination of a chloramphenicol- and tetracycline-resistant but penicillin-susceptible invasive clone of serotype 5 Streptococcus pneumoniae in Colombia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2337-2342

  Tamayo, Mónica ^a,c   Sá Leão, Raquel ^a   Sanches, Ilda Santos ^a,b   Castañeda, Elizabeth ^c   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0345517161     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2337-2342.1999     Document Type: Article

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