The response of Enterobacteriaceae to β-lactam antibiotics - 'Round forms, filaments and the root of all evil'

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-499

  Gould, Ian M ^a   MacKenzie, Fiona M ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ENDOTOXIN; MONOBACTAM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0030726377     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.4.495     Document Type: Short Survey

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