The advantages of the use of discs containing single agents in disc diffusion testing of the susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida to potentiated sulphonamides

Aquaculture

Volumn 272, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Douglas, Iain ^a   Ruane, Neil M ^b   Geary, Michelle ^b   Carroll, Cyril ^a   Fleming, Gerard T A ^a   McMurray, Joanne ^a   Smith, Pete ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Breakpoints; Disc diffusion; Normalised resistance interpretation; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; FISH; PHENOTYPE; TESTING METHOD;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA;

EID: 35748966153     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.08.042     Document Type: Article

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