The antibiotic selective process: Concentration-specific amplification of low-level resistant populations

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 207, 1997, Pages 93-111

  Baquero, F ^a   Negri, M C ^a   Morosini, M I ^a   Blazquez J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030627975     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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