Activity of trovafloxacin in combination with other drugs for treatment of acute murine toxoplasmosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 893-897

  Khan, Anis A ^a   Slifer, Teri ^a   Araujo, Fausto G ^a   Polzer, Robert J ^b   Remington, Jack S ^a,c  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFABUTIN; SULFADIAZINE; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0030902084     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.5.893     Document Type: Article

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