Comparative activities of β-lactam antibiotics and quinolones for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates

Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-100

  Öncü, Serkan ^a   Punar, Metin ^b   Eraksoy, Haluk ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lactam susceptibility; Quinolone susceptibility; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3042582222     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077810     Document Type: Article

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