Dielectrophoretic assay of bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Johari, Juliana ^a   Hübner, Yvonne ^a   Hull, Judith C ^a   Dale, Jeremy W ^a   Hughes, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0043175136     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/14/401     Document Type: Article

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