In vitro activities of the new ketolide HMR 3647 (telithromycin) in comparison with those of eight other antibiotics against viridans group Streptococci isolated from blood of neutropenic patients with cancer.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on February 01, 2001

Authors

F Alcaide1, M A Benítez, J Carratalà, F Gudiol, J Liñares, R Martín

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Hospital "Prínceps d'Espanya," Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. falcaide@csub.scs.es

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