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. 2019 Feb 27;57(3):e01467-18.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01467-18. Print 2019 Mar.

Enterococcus faecium and Ampicillin Susceptibility Determination: Overestimation of Resistance with Disk Diffusion Method Using 2 Micrograms of Ampicillin?

V Joste  1 , E Gydé  1 , L Toullec  1 , C Courboulès  1 , Y Talb  1 , E Riverain-Gillet  1 , B Pangon  1 , M Amara  2
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Enterococcus faecium and Ampicillin Susceptibility Determination: Overestimation of Resistance with Disk Diffusion Method Using 2 Micrograms of Ampicillin?

V Joste et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Enterococcus faecium; MIC; ampicillin; antibiotic resistance; disk diffusion.

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