In vitro activity of macrolides against intracellular Legionella pneumophila

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 123-126

  Segreti, John ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Kapell, Kathi ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200108     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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