Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 69-71 , January 2003

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter jejuni: a comparison between Etest and agar dilution method

  • Ozge Oncul

      Affiliations

    • Refik Saydam Hygiene Center, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Pinar Zarakolu

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90-312-3111271; fax: +90-312-3104179.
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  • Ozgur Oncul

      Affiliations

    • Refik Saydam Hygiene Center, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Deniz Gur

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University, Ihsan Dogramaci Children Hospital, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00496-0

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 69-71 , January 2003

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