An electron microscopic study of clinical and laboratory-derived strains of teicoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-243

  Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a   Biavasco, Francesca ^a   Pugnaloni, Armanda ^a   Lupidi, Remo ^a   Biagini, Graziella ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; FREEZE FRACTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030001302     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.239     Document Type: Article

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