Antimicrobial activities in vitro and in vivo of transition element complexes containing gold(I) and osmium(VI)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 911-918

  Elsome, Amanda M ^a   Hamilton Miller, Jeremey M T ^b   Brumfitt, William ^b   Noble, William C ^c  

^a JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GOLD COMPLEX; JM 1397; JM 1796; METAL DERIVATIVE; OSMIUM DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GOLD; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OSMIUM; SERUM BACTERICIDAL TEST;

EID: 0030007016     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.5.911     Document Type: Article

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