Emergence of optochin resistance among S. pneumoniae strains colonizing healthy children in Abidjan

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-81

  Kacou N'Douba, A ^a,b,c   Okpo, S C ^a   Ekaza, E ^a   Pakora, A ^a   Koffi, S ^b,c   Dosso, M ^a  

^a Pasteur Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c CHU de Cocody   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOLYSIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 75349084061     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.58742     Document Type: Letter

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