Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates: Susceptibility to some antibiotics and surface hydrophobicity

Microbios

Volumn 95, Issue 381, 1998, Pages 101-107

  Hostacka A ^a   Siposova E ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b Natl Inst of TB and Resp Diseases   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Hydrophobicity; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Susceptibility to antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; URINARY TRACT; VAGINA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; URINARY TRACT; VAGINA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; XYLENES;

EID: 0032238941     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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