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Antimicrobial Resistance among <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> in the United States: Have We Begun to Turn the Corner on Resistance to Certain Antimicrobial Classes?

Gary V. Doern, Sandra S. Richter, Ashley L. Miller, Norma Miller, C. Rice, Kristopher P. Heilmann, Susan E. Beekmann

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 198 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

It appears that, as fluoroquinolone resistance emerges among S. pneumoniae in the United States, resistance to other antimicrobial classes is becoming less common.

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Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically

Mary Jane Ferraro · 2000 · 16.9K citations

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Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley, James L. Hadler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Decreased Susceptibility of<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>to Fluoroquinolones in Canada

Danny K. Chen, Allison McGeer, Joyce C. de Azavedo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1999 · 994 citations · Full text

Antimicrobial Resistance among Clinical Isolates of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> in the United States during 1999–2000, Including a Comparison of Resistance Rates since 1994–1995

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Resistance to Levofloxacin and Failure of Treatment of Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Ross Davidson, Rodrigo B. Cavalcanti, James Brunton et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · 537 citations · Full text

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