Epidemiological relationships among penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae strains recovered in the Czech Republic

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 437-442

  Žemličková, Helena ^a   Melter, Oto ^a   Urbášková, Pavla ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645470980     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46270-0     Document Type: Article

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