Can etest be used to determine Vibrio cholerae susceptibility to erythromycin? [1]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1479-1480

  Ng, Lai King ^a   Sawatzky, Pam ^a   Galas, Marcelo ^b   Dos Prazeres Rodrigues, Dalia ^c   Heitmann, Ingrid ^d   Fernandez, Sandra ^e   Bolmström, Anne ^f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^e Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

^f AB BIODISK   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ERYTHROMYCIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037378786     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1479-1480.2003     Document Type: Letter

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