Comparison of the Etest with agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus ducreyi

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 849-852

  Lagergård, Teresa ^a   Frisk, Anders ^a   Trollfors, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DILUTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029832858     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.5.849     Document Type: Article

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