Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of nonfermenting gram-negative bacteria by the Phoenix™ Automated Microbiology System

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-329

  Endimiani, A ^a   Luzzaro, F ^a   Tamborini, A ^a   Lombardi, G ^a   Elia, V ^a   Belloni, R ^a   Toniolo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0036655012     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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