Activities of Linezolid against nontuberculous mycobacteria

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-414

  Cavusoglu, Cengiz ^a   Soyler, Ilknur ^a   Akinci, Pinar ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Broth microdilution; Linezolid; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LINEZOLID; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OXAZOLIDINONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 36549052151     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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