Antimicrobial susceptibility of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica strains from Hungary, Central Europe

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 370-373

  Kreizinger, Zsuzsa ^a   Makrai, László ^b   Helyes, Georgina ^b   Magyar, Tibor ^a   Erdélyi, Károly ^c   Gyuranecz, Miklós ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; MICs; Tularaemia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ERYTHROCEBUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA; HARE; HUNGARY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; HARES; HUNGARY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84872420097     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks399     Document Type: Article

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