Application of the Etest to the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium marinum clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2083-2086

  Flynn, Christopher M ^a   Kelley, Carolyn M ^a   Barrett, Mary S ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030791594     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2083-2086.1997     Document Type: Article

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