Antimicrobial resistance of clinical strains of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni isolated from 1985 to 1997 in Quebec, Canada

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2106-2108

  Gaudreau, Christiane ^a   Gilbert, Huguette ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031901894     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.8.2106     Document Type: Article

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