Application of a modified disc diffusion technique to antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas salmonicida clinical isolates

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Guerin Faublee V ^a   Delignette Muller, M L ^a   Vigneulle, M ^b   Flandrois, J P ^c  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Disc diffusion technique; Vibrio anguillarum

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; NORDIFLOXACIN; OXOLINIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO;

EID: 0030198365     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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