Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Korea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1641-1644

  Song, Jae Hoon ^a   Yang, Ji Won ^b   Jin, Joung Hwa ^c   Kim, Shin Woo ^a   Kim, Choon Kwan ^a   Lee, Hyuck ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Kim, Sungmin ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^d   Appelbaum, Peter C ^e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Asian Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases   (South Korea)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; KOREA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 17744417727     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1641-1644.2000     Document Type: Article

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