Comparison of agar dilution, broth microdilution, disk diffusion, E- test, and BACTEC radiometric methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of the Nocardia asteroides complex

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 847-852

  Ambaye, Abiy ^a   Kohner, Peggy C ^a   Wollan, Peter C ^a   Roberts, Kathleen L ^a   Roberts, Glenn D ^a   Cockerill III, Frank R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE;

ACCURACY; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DILUTION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY;

NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA NOVA;

EID: 0030964940     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.847-852.1997     Document Type: Article

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