Rapid susceptibility testing for nontuberculosis mycobacteria using flow cytometry

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1386-1390

  Bownds, Shannon E ^a,b   Kurzynski, Terrence A ^a   Norden, Mark A ^a,b   Dufek, Joanne L ^a,b   Schell, Ronald F ^a,b  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; KANAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029973155     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1386-1390.1996     Document Type: Article

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