苏微稀释方案用于确定莱吉欧内拉肺炎菌对临床相关抗菌素的抗菌素敏感性

Max Sewell1, Caitlin Farley1, Edward A R Portal2

  • 1Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

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概括

已经建立了一个新的抗菌感应性测试 (AST) 测试Legionella pneumophila的新协议. 这种标准化方法将使抗菌素耐药性和流感病学切线值的定义成为可能.

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