Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of coryneform bacteria isolated from semen

Open Infectious Diseases Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-36

  Türk, Silver ^a   Punab, Margus ^b   Mändar, Reet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Corynebacterium; Coryneform; Prostatitis; Semen

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACTERIUM; CELLULOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; EPSILOMETER TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUCURONOLYTICUM;

EID: 77953381354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874279300903010031     Document Type: Article

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