Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to protegrins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1240-1245

  Qu, Xiao Dan ^a   Harwig, Sylvia S L ^a   Oren, Ami ^a,b   Shafer, William M ^c,d   Lehrer, Robert I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEFENSIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINASE; PEPTIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029964525     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1240-1245.1996     Document Type: Article

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