Antimicrobial resistance among Brazilian Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-510

  Pereira, Gabriela Andrade ^b   Pimenta, Fabrícia Pires ^a   Dos Santos, Fátima Rejane Wink ^c   Damasco, Paulo Vieira ^d   Hirata Jr , Raphael ^a   Mattos Guaraldi, Ana Luíza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Central Laboratory Noel Nutels   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Multiresistance; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 50449101715     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500019     Document Type: Article

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