Antimicrobial susceptibility by Etest of Bartonella henselae isolated from cats and human in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 446-448

  Tsuneoka, Hidehiro ^a   Yanagihara, Masashi ^a   Nojima, Junzo ^a   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Etest; MICs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 78650923574     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0081-5     Document Type: Article

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