Comparison of agar dilution, broth dilution, disk diffusion, and the E-test for susceptibility testing of penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 391-394

  Thorvilson, J ^a   Kohner, P ^a   Henry, N ^a   Cockerill III, F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; PENICILLIN G;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; HAEMOPHILUS; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SHEEP; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030915488     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01726371     Document Type: Article

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