Different susceptibility of coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative staphylococci to ciprofloxacin

New Microbiologica

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-314

  Utili, R ^a   Tripodi, M F ^a   Rosario, P ^a   Andreana, A ^a   Locatelli, A ^a   Rambaldi, A ^a   Florio, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COAGULASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; METABOLISM; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

CIPROFLOXACIN; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030256312     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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