No increase in endotoxin release during antibiotic killing of meningococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Prins, Jan M ^a,c   Speelman, Peter ^a   Kuijper, Ed J ^b   Dankert, Jacob ^b   Van Deventer, Sander J H ^c  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; PENICILLIN G; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031049509     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/39.1.13     Document Type: Article

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