8-years experience of fluoroquinolone susceptibility testing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Siriraj Hospital, Thailand

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-85

  Prammananan, Therdsak ^a,b   Chaiprasert, Angkana ^b,c   Leechawengwongs, Manoon ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b Siriraj Foundation   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Vichaiyut Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THAILAND; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650279483     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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