Influence of growth rate and nutrient limitation on susceptibility of Burkholderia cepacia to ciprofloxacin and tobramycin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 415-417

  McKenney, D ^a   Allison, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CIPROFLOXACIN; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 0030867253     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.3.415     Document Type: Article

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