Treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecium with ramoplanin and penicillin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-329

  Landman, David ^a   Quale, John M ^a   Burney, Sibte ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry ^b   Willey, Barbara M ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; RAMOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPLEEN; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; KIDNEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PLANTS; RABBITS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0029923930     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.2.323     Document Type: Article

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