Prevalence and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C causing invasive disease in Gipuzkoa, northern Spain, 1990-2009

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1035-1038

  Marimon, J M ^a,b   Ercibengoa, M ^b   Alonso, M ^a,b   Garcia Medina G ^b   Perez Trallero E ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955471918     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0947-6     Document Type: Article

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