Antibiotic-mediated bacterial filamentation: A potentially important laboratory phenomenon

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 22-24

  Healy, Daniel P ^a,c   Gardner, Jason C ^c   Puthoff, Barbara K ^c   Kagan, Richard J ^b,c   Neely, Alice N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM FILAMENTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846194298     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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