Comparison of the vitek 2, microscan, and etest methods with the agar dilution method in assessing colistin susceptibility of bloodstream isolates of Acinetobacter species from a Korean University Hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1924-1926

  Lee, Seung Yeob ^a   Shin, Jong Hee ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Joo, Min Young ^a   Park, Kyung Hwa ^a   Shin, Myung Geun ^a   Suh, Soon Pal ^a   Ryang, Dong Wook ^a   Kim, Soo Hyun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGAR DILUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; MICROSCAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITEK 2;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COLISTIN; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 84878491321     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00427-13     Document Type: Article

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