Comparison of disk diffusion and agar dilution methods for erythromycin and ciprofloxacin susceptibility testing of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1524-1526

  Gaudreau, Christiane ^a   Girouard, Yves ^b   Ringuette, Louise ^c   Tsimiklis, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

AGAR DILUTION METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUBSPECIES;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIFFUSION; ERYTHROMYCIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 34247162805     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00905-06     Document Type: Article

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