Evaluation of Alamar colorimetric broth microdilution susceptibility testing method for staphylococci and enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2654-2659

  Baker, Carolyn N ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLORIMETRY; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029908709     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2654-2659.1996     Document Type: Article

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