Comparison of disc diffusion results with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Bala, Manju ^a,b   Ray, Krishna ^a   Gupta, S M ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Disc diffusion results; MIC values; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLINS;

EID: 24044508622     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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