Antibiotic susceptibility of 50 clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Singapore

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1102-1103

  Sivalingam, Suppiah Paramalingam ^a   Sim, Siew Hoon ^a   Aw, Lay Tin ^a   Ooi, Eng Eong ^a  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Etest; Melioidosis; MICs; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SINGAPORE;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SINGAPORE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 34748844361     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl359     Document Type: Letter

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