Susceptibility to moxifloxacin of pneumococci isolated in English hospitals participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) in 2003

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 539-541

  Johnson, Alan P ^a,c   Lamagni, Theresa L ^a   Wale, Martin ^b   Cavendish, Sue ^b   Bishop, Louise ^a   Alhaddad, Neelam ^a   Warner, Marina ^a   Livermore, David M ^a   Duckworth, Georgia ^a   George, Robert C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quinolones; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; LICENSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; QUINOLINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 21144431966     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.10.017     Document Type: Article

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