Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bifidobacterium strains from humans, animals and probiotic products

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-94

  Masco, Liesbeth ^a   Van Hoorde, K ^a   De Brandt, E ^a   Swings, J ^a,b   Huys, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disc diffusion; LSM; MICs; Tet(W); Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYSTEINE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; POLYMYXIN B; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 33748127928     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl197     Document Type: Article

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