Comparative evaluation of the E test, agar dilution, and broth microdilution for testing susceptibilities of Helicobacter pylori strains to 20 antimicrobial agents

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1842-1846

  Piccolomini, Raffaele ^a   Di Bonaventura, Giovanni ^a   Catamo, Giovanni ^a   Carbone, Flavia ^a   Neri, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CEFACLOR; CEFOTETAN; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM ULCER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031006304     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1842-1846.1997     Document Type: Article

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