Antimycobacterial drugs and the production of reactive oxidants by polymorphonuclear leucocytes in vitro

Chemotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 56-60

  Zeis, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial drugs; Chemiluminescence; Myeloperoxidase mediated iodination; Reactive oxidants

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

CELL CULTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ETHAMBUTOL; IN VITRO; ISONIAZID; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0023905325     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000238548     Document Type: Article

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