Comparative activities of amikacin against Mycobacterium avium complex in nude and beige mice

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1168-1169

  Lounis, Nacer ^a   Ji, Baohong ^a   Truffot Pernot, Chantal ^a   Grosset, Jacques ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031001955     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.5.1168     Document Type: Article

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