Drug sensitivity and clinical impact of members of the genus Kocuria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1395-1402

  Savini, Vincenzo ^a   Catavitello, Chiara ^a   Masciarelli, Gioviana ^a   Astolfi, Daniela ^a   Balbinot, Andrea ^a   Bianco, Azaira ^a   Febbo, Fabio ^a   D'Amario, Claudio ^b   D'Antonio, Domenico ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b 'San Liberatore' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FURAZOLIDONE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; KANAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OLEANDOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMORBIDITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KOCURIA; MICROCOCCACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 78649432833     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021709-0     Document Type: Review

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