The effects of environmental conditions on the in vitro activity of selected antimicrobial agents against Escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 212-215

  Nanavaty, Jaydeep ^a,b   Mortensen, Joel E ^b   Shryock, Thomas R ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Animal Science Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; APRAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATMOSPHERE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TETRACYCLINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031910906     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900296     Document Type: Article

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