Intra- and interlaboratory performances of two commercial antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods for bifidobacteria and nonenterococcal lactic acid bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2567-2574

  Huys, Geert ^a,b   D'Haene, Klaas ^b   Cnockaert, Margo ^b   Tosi, Lorenzo ^c   Danielsen, Morten ^d   Flórez, Ana Belén ^e   Mättö, Jaana ^f   Axelsson, Lars ^g   Korhonen, Jenni ^h   Mayrhofer, Sigrid ⁱ   Egervärn, Maria ^j   Giacomini, Mauro ^k   Vandamme, Peter ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^e DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^f VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^g NOFIMA   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^j NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BROTH DILUTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VETMIC MICROPLATE SYSTEM;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUROPE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LABORATORIES; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 77952621710     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00407-10     Document Type: Article

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