Antibacterial activities of tosufloxacin against anaerobic bacteria and the electron micrograph of its bactericidal effects

Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Takahata, Masahiro ^a   Nishino, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Antibacterial activity; Bacteroides fragilis; Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus; Quinolone

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE; SPARFLOXACIN; TOSUFLOXACIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030990591     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239551     Document Type: Article

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