Indigenous bacterial flora of medicinal leeches and their susceptibilities to 15 antimicrobial agents

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 490-493

  Nonomura, H ^a   Kato, N ^a   Ohno, Y ^a   Itokazu, M ^a   Matsunaga, T ^a   Watanabe, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTIAM; CEFTAZIDIME; FLOMOXEF; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PANIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029959785     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-6-490     Document Type: Article

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