Calcium-supplemented daptomycin Etest strips for susceptibility testing on Iso-Sensitest agar

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 860-862

  Johnson, Alan P ^a   Mushtaq, Shazad ^a   Warner, Marina ^a   Livermore, David M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Lipopeptides; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CALCIUM; DAPTOMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ACCURACY; AGAR MEDIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; DAPTOMYCIN; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2442713964     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh198     Document Type: Article

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