Phenotypic and molecular analysis of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Poland

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-47

  Sadowy, Ewa ^a   Izdebski, Radosław ^a   Skoczyńska, Anna ^a   Grzesiowski, Paweł ^a   Gniadkowski, Marek ^a   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PBP GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33846010198     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01072-06     Document Type: Article

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