Phenotypic description and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Aerococcus sanguinicola isolates from human clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2587-2592

  Facklam, Richard ^a   Lovgren, Marguerite ^b   Shewmaker, Patricia Lynn ^a   Tyrrell, Gregory ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; CATALASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROCOCCUS CHRISTENSENII; AEROCOCCUS SANGUINICOLA; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AEROCOCCUS URINAEHOMINIS; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENMARK; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AEROCOCCUS CHRISTENSENII; AEROCOCCUS SANGUINICOLA; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AEROCOCCUS URINAEHOMINIS; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SANGUINICOLA;

EID: 0038180530     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2587-2592.2003     Document Type: Article

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