Determination of susceptibilities of 26 Leptospira sp. serovars to 24 antimicrobial agents by a broth microdilution technique

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4002-4005

  Murray, Clinton K ^a   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFDINIR; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE FOSFATEX; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GARENOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DILUTION; DRUG INHIBITION; FEVER; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 4644337295     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.10.4002-4005.2004     Document Type: Article

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