Disk diffusion, agar dilution and the E-test for susceptibility testing of Corynebacterium jeikeium

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-213

  Pennekamp, Andreas ^a   Pünter, Verena ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agar dilution; C. jeikeium; Disk diffusion; E test; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001173650     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1198-743X(14)65144-2     Document Type: Article

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