Type frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex strains isolated in Italy from AIDS and non-AIDS patients

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-42

  Fattorini, L ^a   Vincent, V ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex; Typing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030027237     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.1996.8.1.37     Document Type: Article

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