Agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 789-793

  De Castillo, Marta C ^a   De Saab, Olga A ^a   De Fernandez, Norma P ^a   De Nader, Olga M ^a   De Ruiz Holgado, Aída P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agar dilution method; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLINS; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 0030274702     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761996000600028     Document Type: Article

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