New penicillin susceptibility breakpoints for Streptococcus pneumoniae and their effects on susceptibility categorisation in Germany (1992-2008)

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-273

  Imöhl, Matthias ^a   Reinert, Ralf René ^b   van der Linden, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Wyeth Vaccines Research   (France)

Author keywords

Germany; Invasive disease; New breakpoints; Penicillin susceptibility; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67650744829     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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