PCR and blood culture for detection of Escherichia coli bacteremia in rats

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2479-2482

  Heininger, Alexandra ^a   Binder, Marlies ^a   Schmidt, Sibylle ^a   Unertl, Klaus ^a   Botzenhart, Konrad ^a   Döring, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032773439     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2479-2482.1999     Document Type: Article

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