Group A Streptococcus antibiotic resistance in Southern Brazil: A 17-year surveillance study

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-319

  De Almeida Torres, Rosĝngela Stadnick Lauth ^a,b,c,g   De Almeida Torres, Renato Pedro ^d   Smeesters, Pierre Robert ^e   Palmeiro, Jussara Kasuko ^b   De Messias Reason, Iara José ^b   Dalla Costa, Libera M ^b,f  

^a Laboratory of Bacteriology   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA PELÉ PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^g LACEN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CELLULITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYOSITIS; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYODERMA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCARLET FEVER; SEPSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BODY FLUIDS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 79957643181     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0162     Document Type: Article

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