Penicillin-binding proteins in Fusobacterium species

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Tuner K ^a,b,d   Wexler, H M ^b,c   Reeves, D ^b   Finegold, S M ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Antimicrobials; Fusobacterium; Penicillin binding proteins

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM MORTIFERUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM;

EID: 0030176314     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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