In vitro susceptibility of Pythium insidiosum isolates to aminoglycoside antibiotics and tigecycline

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4021-4023

  Mahl, Deise Luiza ^a   De Jesus, Francielli Pantella Kunz ^b   Loreto, Érico Silva ^a   Zanette, Régis Adriel ^a   Ferreiro, Laerte ^b   Pilotto, Maiara Ben ^a   Alves, Sydney Hartz ^a   Santurio, Janio Morais ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; PYTHIUM;

EID: 84862584277     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00073-12     Document Type: Article

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