Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Mycoplasma genitalium strains examined by broth dilution and quantitative PCR

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4938-4939

  Hamasuna, Ryoichi ^a,b   Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^c   Osada, Yukio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; SITAFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70350331088     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00724-09     Document Type: Article

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