Antimicrobial activity of erythromycin and clarithromycin against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella and Proteus by disc diffusion method

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Khan, Naveed Wali ^a   Hassan, Fouzia ^a   Naqvi, Baqar S ^a   Hasan, Syed Muhammad Farid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Klebsiella; Macrolides; Proteus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIFFUSION; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78651380168     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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