The effect of ramoplanin coating on colonization by Staphylococcus aureus of catheter segments implanted subcutaneously in mice

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 659-661

  Romanò, Gabriella ^a   Berti, Marisa ^a   Goldstein, Beth P ^a,b   Williams, Rosamund ^a  

^a Gruppo Lepetit SpA   (Italy)

^b Applied Microbiology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RAMOPLANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CATHETER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; DEPSIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030962952     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/39.5.659     Document Type: Article

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