Microbial flora and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from dogs with otitis media

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-239

  Colombini, Sarah ^a,b   Merchant, Sandra R ^a   Hosgood, Giselle ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gulf Coast Vet Dermatol Allerg   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns; Disk diffusion method; Microbial flora; Minimum inhibitory concentration testing; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0346045832     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3164.2000.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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