Epidemiologic cutoff values for antimicrobial agents against Aeromonas salmonicida isolates determined by frequency distributions of minimal inhibitory concentration and diameter of zone of inhibition data

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1837-1843

  Miller, Ron A ^a   Reimschuessel, Renate ^a  

^a Division of Animal Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; FLORFENICOL; GENOMIC DNA; OXOLINIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; ROFENAID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXOLINIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIMIDINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIAMPHENICOL;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751242997     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.11.1837     Document Type: Article

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