Identification of Enterococcus species from clinical samples and study of their antimicrobial susceptibility;Identificación de especies de Enterococcus en muestras clínicas y susceptibilidad a agentes antimicrobianos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-76

  Giglio M, María Soledad ^a,c   Pinto C, María Eugenia ^a   Córdova J, Edgardo ^a,b   Escandar D, Paulina ^a,b   Waman M, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Depto de Microbiología ^*

^c Quinta Normal Interior   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drugs resistance microbial; Enterococcus infections; Microbtal sensitivity tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0029689462     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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