Diffusion of carbapenems through the outer membrane of enterobacteriaceae and correlation of their activities with their periplasmic concentrations

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-276

  Cornaglia, Giuseppe ^a,c   Mazzariol, Annarita ^a   Fontana, Roberta ^a   Satta, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030014538     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.273     Document Type: Article

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