Harmonization of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing among Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories in the Five Nordic Countries

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Petersen, Anne ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a   Hofshagen, Merete ^b   Sipilä, Hannu ^c   Franklin, Anders ^d   Gunnarsson, Eggert ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c EELA   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0842286073     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662903322762824     Document Type: Article

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