Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bordetella pertussis isolates in the state of Washington

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 609-611

  Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a   Englund, Janet A ^a   Abe, Patrick ^b   Qin, Xuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WASHINGTON; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 34247184681     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.11.024     Document Type: Letter

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