Comparison of Etest with agar dilution for testing the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other multidrug-resistant bacteria to colistin [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1039-1040

  Goldstein, F W ^a   Ly, A ^a   Kitzis, M D ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

P. aeruginosa; Resistance; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COLISTIN; MAGNESIUM ION;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34447561608     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm046     Document Type: Letter

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