Fosfomycin and rifampin disk diffusion tests for detection of Escherichia coli mutator strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4310-4312

  Galán, Juan Carlos ^a   Tato, Marta ^a   Baquero, María Rosario ^a   Turrientes, Carmen ^a   Baquero, Fernando ^a   Martinez, José Luis ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY DISK DIFFUSION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSFOMYCIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644274211     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4310-4312.2004     Document Type: Article

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