Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from invasive disease in Italy

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1139-1143

  Cerquetti, Marina ^a   Cardines, Rita ^a   Gufrè, Maria ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Ciofi, Marta Luisa ^a   Atti, Degli ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^a   Carbonari, Patrizia ^a   Nicoletti, Pierluigi ^b   Goglio, Antonio ^b   Moiraghi, Angela Ruggenini ^c   Orecchia, Stefania ^c   Castella, Annalisa ^c   Zotti, Carla ^c   Carraro, Valter ^c   Caola, Iole ^c   Ferro, Antonio ^c   Crovári, Pietro ^c   Giordano, Cristina ^c   Tixi, Pietro ^c   Lemmi, Marina ^c   Bonanni, Paolo ^c   Tomei, Alessia ^c   Pecile, Patrizia ^c   Balocchini, Emanuela ^c   Pecori, Licia ^c   Santonastasi, Francesco ^c   Cafaro, Loredana ^c   Pagano, Vittorio ^c   Barbuti, Salvatore ^c   Chironna, Maria ^c   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b AMCLI   (Italy)

^c AMCLI ^*

Author keywords

lactamases; Ampicillin resistance; Meningitis; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 19944432851     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh467     Document Type: Article

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