Characterisation of Rhodococcus equi strains isolated from foals and from immunocompromised human patients

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-259

  Makrai, L ^a   Fodor, L ^a   Csivincsik, A ^a   Varga, J ^a   Senoner, Zs ^b   Szabo B ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL KORANYI INSTITUTE OF PULMONOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Biochemical characteristics; Enzymatic activity; Rhodococcus equi; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HORSES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0034577251     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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