The effect of systemic antibiotics on the microbiological diagnosis of experimental foreign body infections caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-95

  Vandecasteele, Stefaan J ^a,b   Van Eldere, Johan ^a,b   Merckx, Rita ^a   Peetermans, Willy E ^a,b  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broth culture; Quantitative culture; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Rifampin; Teicoplanin

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOREIGN BODY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; RNA ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 1242270461     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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