In vitro postantibiotic effect of colistin on multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-422

  Plachouras, Diamantis ^a   Giamarellos Bourboulis, Evangelos J ^a   Kentepozidis, Nikolaos ^a   Baziaka, Fotini ^a   Karagianni, Vassiliki ^a   Giamarellou, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Colistin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 33947615829     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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