Antimicrobial susceptibilities of amoxycillin-non-susceptible and susceptible isolates among penicillin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 937-940

  Perez Trallero E ^a   Marimon J M ^a   Ercibengoa, M ^a   Gimenez M J ^b   Coronel, P ^c   Aguilar, L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c Tedec Meiji Farma SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amoxycillin resistance; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Clonal relationships; Pneumococci; Spain; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFDITOREN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547845350     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01777.x     Document Type: Article

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