Intra- and interlaboratory performance of antibiotic disk-diffusion- susceptibility testing of bacterial control strains of relevance for monitoring aquaculture environments

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Huys, Geert ^a   Cnockaert, Margo ^a   Bartie, Kerry ^b   Hoang Oanh, Dang Thi ^c   Phuong, Nguyen Thanh ^c   Somsiri, Temdoung ^d   Chinabut, Supranee ^d   Yussoff, Fatimah Md ^e   Shariff, Mohamed ^e   Giacomini, Mauro ^f   Bertone, Stefania ^g   Swings, Jean ^a,h   Teale, Alan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g RILAB Stl   (Italy)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing; Aquaculture monitoring; Disk diffusion; Intra and interlaboratory harmonization; Standard operating procedure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; MONITORING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27144504746     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao066197     Document Type: Article

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