Species belonging to the 'Streptococcus milleri' group: Antimicrobial susceptibility and comparative prevalence in significant clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2020-2022

  Bantar, Carlos ^a,b   Fernandez Canigia, Liliana ^a   Relloso, Silvia ^a   Lanza, Alejandra ^a   Bianchini, Hebe ^a   Smayevsky, Jorgelina ^a  

^a Centro De Educacion Medica e Investigaciones Clinicas Norberto QuirnoEscuela de Medicina   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

EID: 8944254240     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.2020-2022.1996     Document Type: Article

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