False susceptibility of Klebsiella oxytoca to some extended-spectrum cephalosporins [4]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 303-304

  Granier, S A ^a,b   Nicolas Chanoine, M H ^b   Nguyen Van, J C ^a   Leflon Guibout, V ^b   Kitzis, M D ^a   Goldstein, F W ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LETTER; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; STATISTICS;

CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036668126     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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