In vitro antibiotic susceptibilities of Yersinia pestis determined by broth microdilution following CLSI methods

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1919-1921

  Heine, Henry S ^a,b   Hershfield, Jeremy ^a   Marchand, Charles ^a   Miller, Lynda ^a   Halasohoris, Stephanie ^a   Purcell, Bret K ^a   Worsham, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CETHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GARENOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NETILMICIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLAGUE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLAGUE; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84928910516     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04548-14     Document Type: Article

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