Differential intracellular efficacies of ciprofloxacin and cefixime against Neisseria gonorrhoeae in human fallopian tube organ culture

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1547-1551

  Phanucharas, Jim P ^a   Gorby, Gary L ^a,b,c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOCHALASIN D;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROFILAMENT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0030820736     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.7.1547     Document Type: Article

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