Antimicrobial resistance in invasive and colonising Streptococcus pneumoniae in North India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-259

  Goyal, R ^a   Singh, N ^a   Kaur, M ^a   Talwar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistance; Nasopharyngeal isolates; Penicillin resistance; Stretococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SCREENING; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34848845893     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.34770     Document Type: Article

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