Susceptibility of 71 French isolates of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica to eight antibiotics and accuracy of the Etest® method

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-210

  Valade, Eric ^a   Vaissaire, Josée ^b   Mérens, Audrey ^c   Hernandez, Eric ^c   Gros, Chantal ^c   Le Doujet, Claudine ^b   Paucod, Jean Charles ^a   Thibault, François M ^a   Durand, Benoît ^a   Lapalus, Martine ^b   Dupuis, Isabelle ^a   Caclard, Arnaud ^a   Vidal, Dominique R ^a   Cavallo, Jean Didier ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Method comparison; Minimum inhibition concentration; Tularaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA HOLARCTICA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 45749104707     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn146     Document Type: Letter

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