Effect of medium composition on the susceptibility of oral streptococci to mercuric chloride

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 272-276

  Pike, Rachel ^a   Stapleton, Paul ^b   Lucas, Victoria ^a   Roberts, Graham ^a   Rowbury, Robin ^b   Richards, Hillary ^b   Mullany, Peter ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; AGAR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AGAR; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 0036781666     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3754-1     Document Type: Article

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