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- Title
Carriage of Internationally Spread Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Unusual Drug...
- Authors
Sa-Leao, Raquel; Tomasz, Alexander; Sanches, Ilda Santos; Brito-Avo, Antonio; Vilhelmsson, Sigurdur E.; Kristinsson, Karl G.; Lencastre, Herminia de
- Abstract
Details the molecular, microbiologic and epidemiological characteristics of clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae with unusual drug resistance patterns in children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal. High frequency of resistance to macrolides and tetracycline and very low resistance to penicillin; Nasopharyngeal flora of children in day care centers serving as global reservoir of drug-resistant pneumococci.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; LISBON (Portugal); STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; MOLECULAR cloning
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000, Vol 182, Issue 4, p1153
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article