Bactericidal activity of various brands of cephradine against Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1501-1507

  Farzana, Kalsoom ^a   Hameed, Abdul ^b   Waqas, Muhammad Khurram ^c   Murtaza, Ghulam ^d   Najam us Saqib, Qazi ^d   Waseem, Amir ^d   Asad, Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin ^d   Hussain, Izhar ^d  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

^d COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cephradine; Minimum bactericidal concentration; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957954021     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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