MIC determination of fusidic acid and of ciprofloxacin using multidisk diffusion tests

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 483-489

  Kronvall, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calibration; Ciprofloxacin; Disk diffusion test; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Fusidic acid; MIC estimation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0034285461     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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