Comparing in vitro activity of tigecycline by using the disk diffusion test, the manual microdilution method, and the VITEK 2 automated system

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-211

  Leal Castro, A L ^a   Buitrago Gutierrez, G ^a   Ovalle, M V ^a   Cortes, J A ^a   Alvarez Moreno, C A ^a   La Rotta, J ^b   Villar, L A ^c   Pinto Acero, A ^c   Zuluaga, I ^d   Marin A ^d   Betancourt, J ^e   Villa, J D ^e   Botero, C P ^f   Montoya, I E ^f   Corral, R ^g   Arias, L L ^g   Echeverri, C ^h   Ovalle, A ^h   Gomez C ⁱ   Gonzalez M N ⁱ   Alquichire, C ^j   Escobar, N ^j   Jimenez A ^k   Fajardo, C ^k   Martinez E ^l   Villamarin N ^l   Gualtero, S ^m   Hernandez M E ^m   Perez C ⁿ   Gomez L ⁿ   Arango, A ^o   Gomez S ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Wyeth Lab   (Colombia)

^c Clínica Carlos Ardila Lülle   (Colombia)

^d Instituto de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas   (Colombia)

^e Clinica Las Americas   (Colombia)

^f Clínica la Presentación   (Colombia)

^g Clínica Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios   (Colombia)

^h Hospital Federico Lleras   (Colombia)

ⁱ Hospital Milar Central   (Colombia)

^j Hospital Occidente de Kennedy   (Colombia)

^k HOSPITAL SAN JOSÉ   (Colombia)

^l Hospital Universitario del Valle   (Colombia)

^m Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo   (Colombia)

ⁿ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA SAMARITANA   (Colombia)

^o FUNDACIÓN CARDIOINFANTIL INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGÍA   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility tests; Disk diffusion method; Gram negative bacteria; Tigecycline; Vitek 2 system

Indexed keywords

TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 77958040429     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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