Unreliability of disc diffusion test for screening for reduced penicillin susceptibility in Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3103-3104

  Block, Colin ^a   Davidson, Yehudit ^b   Keller, Nathan ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031659301     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3103-3104.1998     Document Type: Article

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