Postantibiotic effects with Bacteroides fragilis determined by viable counts and CO2 generation

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-88

  Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét ^a,b   Erlendsdóttir, Helga ^a   Gudmundsson, Sigurdur ^b,c  

^a Departments of Clinical Microbiology   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

B. fragilis; Cefoxitin; Chloramphenicol; Clindamycin; CO2 production; Imipenem; Metronidazole; Postantibiotic effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0030896737     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00255.x     Document Type: Article

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