Selection of zone size interpretive criteria for disk diffusion susceptibility tests of three antibiotics against Streptococcus pneumoniae, using the new guidelines of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 398-401

  Fuchs, Peter C ^a   Barry, Arthur L ^a   Brown, Steven D ^a  

^a CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TELITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY DISK DIFFUSION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH MICRODILUTION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION; ERYTHROMYCIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; KETOLIDES; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036146550     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.398-401.2002     Document Type: Article

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