Comparison of a commercial disk test with vancomycin and colimycin susceptibility testing for identification of bacteria with abnormal Gram staining reactions

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Fenollar, F ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NEOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FLUORESCENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOBACILLUS; MORAXELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033952815     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050006     Document Type: Article

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