Susceptibilities of Yersinia pestis strains to 12 antimicrobial agents

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1995-1996

  Wong, Jane D ^a   Barash, Jason R ^a   Sandfort, Rebecca F ^a   Janda, J Michael ^a,b  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b Microbial Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0033946589     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.7.1995-1996.2000     Document Type: Article

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