The sensitivity of Escherichia coli O157 to some antimicrobials by conventional and conductance assays

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-137

  MacRae, M ^a   Rebate, T ^b   Johnston, M ^a   Ogden, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CEFIXIME; CEFIXIME-TELLURITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FALSE NEGATIVES; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NEGATIVE SAMPLES; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFIXIME; GLUCURONIC ACID; POTASSIUM TELLURITE; SORBITOL; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030798874     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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