Spread of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in South Korea

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 747-749

  Song, Jae Hoon ^a   Yang, Ji Won ^b   Peck, Kyong Ran ^b   Kim, Sungmin ^b   Lee, Nam Yong ^b   Jacobs, Michael R ^b   Appelbaum, Peter C ^b   Pai, Chik Hyun ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SOUTH KOREA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 20644452658     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516945     Document Type: Article

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