Antimicrobial susceptibilities of geographically diverse clinical human isolates of Leptospira

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2750-2754

  Ressner, Roseanne A ^a   Griffith, Matthew E ^a   Beckius, Miriam L ^a   Pimentel, Guillermo ^b   Miller, R Scott ^c   Mende, Katrin ^d   Fraser, Susan L ^e   Galloway, Renee L ^f   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; LEPTOSPIRA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; EGYPT; HAWAII; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NICARAGUA; OFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; THAILAND;

EID: 48749097606     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00044-08     Document Type: Article

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