The microbicidal agent C31G inhibits Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity in vitro

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1335-1344

  Wyrick, Priscilla B ^a   Knight, Stephen T ^a   Gerbig Jr , Donald G ^a,b   Raulston, Jane E ^a   Davis, Carolyn H ^a   Paul, Terry R ^a   Malamud, Daniel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C31G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030972780     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.6.1335     Document Type: Article

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