Antibiotic susceptibility, serum response and surface properties of Klebsiella species

Microbios

Volumn 104, Issue 408, 2001, Pages 115-124

  Hostacka A ^a   Klokocnikova L ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Hydrophobicity; Klebsiella species; Serum resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; SULBACTAM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; XYLENES;

EID: 0035222496     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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