Optochin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae strains colonizing healthy children in Portugal

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 321-324

  Nunes, Sónia ^a   Sá Leão, Raquel ^a   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; QUININE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 38149015277     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02097-07     Document Type: Article

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