Suppression of virulence factors of pseudomonas aeruginosa by erythromycin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 273-284

  Kita, Eiji ^a   Sawaki, Masayoshi ^a   Oku, Daisuke ^a   Hamuro, Akiko ^a   Mikasa, Keiichi ^a   Konishi, Mitsuru ^a   Emoto, Masashi ^a   Takeuchi, Shoji ^a   Narita, Nobuhiro ^a   Kashiba, Shuzo ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; ERYTHROMYCIN STEARATE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ENZYME INDUCTION; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEUKOCIDINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0025778158     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/27.3.273     Document Type: Article

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