In vitro sensitivity and resistance of 46 Leptospira strains isolated from rats in the Philippines to 14 antimicrobial agents

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5403-5405

  Chakraborty, Antara ^a   Miyahara, Satoshi ^a   Villanueva, Sharon Y A M ^a   Gloriani, Nina G ^b   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOSFOMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOSFOMYCIN; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOMYCIN; PHILIPPINES; RATS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 78649649989     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00973-10     Document Type: Article

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