Resistance trends in Streptococcus pneumoniae (PROTEKT years 1-3 [1999-2002])

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2004, Pages 19-33

  Schito, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; KETOLIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TELITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11144220495     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2004.11782400     Document Type: Review

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