Molecular epidemiology of macrolide-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from blood and respiratory specimens in Norway

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2125-2132

  Littauer, P ^a   Sangvik, M ^a   Caugant, D A ^b,c   Hoiby E A ^b   Simonsen, G S ^a,b   Sundsfjord, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 18544372465     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2125-2132.2005     Document Type: Article

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