Use of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards guidelines for disk diffusion susceptibility testing in New York State Laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3341-3348

  Kiehlbauch, J A ^a   Hannett, G E ^a   Salfinger, M ^a   Archinal, W ^a   Monserrat, C ^a   Carlyn, C ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033827705     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.9.3341-3348.2000     Document Type: Article

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