Epidemiological, biochemical and antimicrobial susceptibility characteristics of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus isolated in Quebec, Canada, from 1997 to 2006

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1620-1624

  Gaudreau, Christiane ^a   Simoneau, Esther ^a   Labrecque, Olivia ^b   Laurence, Robert A ^c   Laferrière, Céline ^d   Miller, Mark ^e   Raynal, Lélia ^c   Rallu, Fabien ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPORCINUS; SWINE; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

CANADA; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 37349007374     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47295-0     Document Type: Article

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