Quicolor: A novel system for rapid antibacterial susceptibility testing

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-135

  Kocagö, Tanil ^a,b,c   Ercis, Serpil ^d   Darka, Özge ^e   Salmanzadeh Ahrabi, Siavosh ^f   Kocagöz, Sesin ^a   Hasçelik, Gülşen ^d  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TIBO   (Turkey)

^c Salubris Inc   (Turkey)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disk diffusion; Quicolor; Rapid test; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 34147166183     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03175062     Document Type: Article

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