Use of tests for acidification of methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside and susceptibility to efrotomycin for differentiation of strains of Enterococcus and some related genera

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1584-1587

  Carvalho, Maria Da Glória S ^a,b   Teixeira, Lúcia M ^a,b   Facklam, Richard R ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; EFROTOMYCIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; POSIBACTERIA; VAGOCOCCUS FLUVIALIS;

EID: 2642698855     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1584-1587.1998     Document Type: Article

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