Characterization of German penicillin non-susceptible serotype 23F pneumococci using multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 981-987

  Reinert, Ralf René ^a   Muckel, Stefanie ^a   Al Lahham, Adnan ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^b   Brueggemann, Angela B ^c,d   Hakenbeck, Regine ^e   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GERMANY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1542436209     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05216-0     Document Type: Article

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