Penicillin resistance in serogroups/serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive infections in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1210-1213

  Twum Danso, Kingsley ^a   Al Mazrou, Abdulrahman M ^a   Kambal, Abdel Mageed M ^a   Al Zamil, Fahad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G; VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0347503573     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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