Sensitivity testing of ciprofloxacin for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-317

  Ibrahim Elmagboul, I B ^a,b   Livermore, D M ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HISTOGRAM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030943342     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/39.3.309     Document Type: Article

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