Characterization of invasive pneumococci of serogroup 6 from adults in Barcelona, Spain, in 1994 to 2008

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2328-2330

  Rolo, Dora ^a,b   Ardanuy, Carmen ^a,b   Calatayud, Laura ^a,b   Pallares, Román ^a,b   Grau, Immaculada ^a,b   García, Ernesto ^b,c   Fenoll, Asunción ^b   Martín, Rogelio ^a   Liñares, Josefina ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79957460054     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02545-10     Document Type: Article

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