Application of monoclonal antibody, specific for intracellular Orientia tsutsugamushi, to immunofluorescent antibody test for determining antibiotic susceptibility

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 655-660

  Kim, Mee Kyung ^a   Odgerel, Zagga ^a   Kim, Mi Jeong ^a   Chung, Moon Hyun ^a   Lim, Byung Uk ^a   Kang, Jae Seung ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility test; Monoclonal antibody; Orientia tsutsugamushi

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY M686 13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KOREA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 4644290822     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03475.x     Document Type: Article

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