Eucaryotic cells protect Borrelia burgdorferi from the action of penicillin and ceftriaxone but not from the action of doxycycline and erythromycin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1552-1554

  Brouqui, P ^a   Badiaga, S ^a   Raoult, D ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYLAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL;

EID: 0030005619     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.6.1552     Document Type: Article

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