Interaction of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis: Investigation of the indirect pathogenic role of β-lactamase-producing moraxellae by use of a continuous-culture biofilm system

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2521-2526

  Budhani, R K ^a   Struthers, J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031692746     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.10.2521     Document Type: Article

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