Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Directly from Urine Samples : a Comparison between Standardised and Direct Disk Diffusion Testing together with Direct Species Identification using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation Time of Flight

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a very common infection in humans and a majority is caused by Escherichia coli. UTI are commonly treated empirically. However, empiric treatment has become more problematic due to increased antibiotic resistance to commonly used antibiotic agents. It is therefore des...

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Main Author: Olafsson, Jonas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, NV 2012
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-27645