Molecular characterization of invasive penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae from Denmark, 2001 to 2005

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Lambertsen, Lotte ^a   Brendstrup, Mette ^a,b   Friis, Helene ^a,c   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b DANISH MEDICINES AGENCY   (Denmark)

^c Grenaa Pharmacy ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORWAY; PENICILLIN INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMOCOCCI; PENICILLIN NON SUSCEPTIBLE STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMOCOCCI; PENICILLIN RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMOCOCCI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77950845343     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903501616     Document Type: Article

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