Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter spp. by the agar dilution and the agar disk diffusion methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 590-594

  Luangtongkum, Taradon ^a,d   Morishita, Teresa Y ^a,b   El Tayeb, Amna B ^a   Ison, Aaron J ^a   Zhang, Qijing ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POULTRY;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 33847010153     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00986-06     Document Type: Article

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