Trends in antimicrobial resistance in 1,968 invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in Spanish hospitals (2001 to 2003): Decreasing penicillin resistance in children's isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5571-5577

  Oteo, Jesús ^a   Lázaro, Edurne ^b   De Abajo, Francisco J ^b   Baquero, Fernando ^c   Campos, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Agencia Espanola del Medicamento   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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

EID: 10844257247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5571-5577.2004     Document Type: Article

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