Genetic relatedness of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci isolated during case clusters

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1097-1099

  Clarke, S C ^a,b   Lawrie, D ^a   Diggle, M A ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11144235870     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45733-0     Document Type: Article

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