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Penicillin/ampicillin efficacy among children with severe pneumonia due to penicillin-resistant pneumococcus (MIC=4 {micro}g ml-1)

Nascimento-Carvalho, Cristiana M., Cardoso, Maria-Regina, Brandileone, Maria-Cristina, Ferrero, Fernando, Camargos, Paulo, Berezin, Eitan, Ruvinsky, Raul, Sant'Anna, Clemax, March, Maria-Fatima, Feris-Iglesias, Jesus, Maggi, Rubem, Benguigui, Yehuda, the CARIBE Group,, the CARIBE Group,

Journal of Medical Microbiology 2009; 58(10):1390 · https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.007765-0

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Abstract

1 Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

2 Faculty of Public Health, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

3 Bacteriology Branch, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

4 Hospital de Niños Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina

5 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

6 Santa Casa de São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

7 Hospital Municipal Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina

8 Martagão Gesteira Paediatric Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

9 Hospital Infantil Dr Robert Reid Cabral, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

10 Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

11 Child and Adolescent Health Unit, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA

Correspondence
Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho
(nascimentocarvalho{at}hotmail.com )