Development of an antimicrobial susceptibility testing method suitable for performance during space flight

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2093-2097

  Jorgensen, James H ^a   Skweres, Joyce A ^b   Mishra, S K ^b   Mcelmeel, M Letticia ^a   Maher, Louise A ^a   Mulder, Ross ^c   Lancaster, Michael V ^d,f   Pierson, Duane L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b KRUG Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^e Accumed International   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0030856616     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2093-2097.1997     Document Type: Article

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