Resistance of Trichomonas vaginalis to metronidazole: Report of the first three cases from Finland and optimization of in vitro susceptibility testing under various oxygen concentrations

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 763-767

  Meri, Taru ^a   Jokiranta, T Sakari ^a   Suhonen, Lauri ^b   Meri, Seppo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROIMIDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0033961387     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.763-767.2000     Document Type: Article

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