Small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-322

  Looney, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Drug resistance; Microbial; Osteomyelitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 0034492514     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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