Evaluation of 500 gram negative isolates to determine the number of major susceptibility interpretation discrepancies between the Vitek and MicroScan Walkaway for 9 antimicrobial agents

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Rittenhouse, Stephen F ^a   Miller, Linda A ^a   Utrup, Linda J ^a   Poupard, James A ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMIPENEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEZLOCILLIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLINS; PIPERACILLIN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULBACTAM; THIENAMYCINS; TICARCILLIN;

EID: 0030249688     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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