An ophthalmologist's guide to understanding antibiotic susceptibility and minimum inhibitory concentration data

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1987.e1-1987.e6

  Kowalski, Regis P ^a,b   Yates, Kathleen A ^a   Romanowski, Eric G ^a   Karenchak, Lisa M ^a   Mah, Francis S ^a   Gordon, Y Jerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; LABORATORY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27644532721     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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