Susceptibility testing of tigecycline against Acinetobacter spp. by disc diffusion method: Withdrawing a therapeutic option by varying the Mueller-Hinton agar?

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1463-1464

  Canigia, Liliana Fernandez ^a   Bantar, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio Domingo I Nanni   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Susceptibility tests; Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUELLER HINTON AGAR; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE;

EID: 56649114561     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn389     Document Type: Letter

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