Bactericidal activities of cefprozil, penicillin, cefaclor, cefixime, and loracarbef against penicillin-susceptible and -resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro pharmacodynamic infection model

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1148-1152

  Cappelletty, Diane M ^a   Rybak, Michael J ^a,b  

^a DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFPROZIL; LORACARBEF; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029866273     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1148     Document Type: Article

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