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[Resistance to antimicrobiotics and mutation of PBPs in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Kinki region of Japan].
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2002
Satoh Kaori, Komatsu Masaru, Shimakawa Koichi, Ura Toshiro, Kinoshita Shohiro, Yamasaki Katsutoshi, Nishio Hisaaki, Washizu Ryodo, Yamashita Tomonari, Nakamura Tatsuya, Wada Yasunao, Toyokawa Masahiro, Koufuku Tomomi, Aihara Masanori
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We studied the susceptibility to penicillin G (PCG) and other antimicrobiotics in 235 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Samples were collected between April 1 and June 30, 2000 from nine medical institutions of the Kinki Region of Japan. We classified the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of PCG according to the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) criteria. The overall...
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