Usefulness of the Etest for studying tigecycline susceptibility of non-pigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 366-367

  Martin de Hijas N Z ^a   Fernandez Roblas R ^a   Fernandez Martinez A I ^a   Gadea, I ^a   Esteban, J ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MAGERITENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 50549084858     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.016     Document Type: Letter

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