What's the use of susceptibility testing?

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Greenwood, D ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Sensitivity testing; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0030802121     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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