In vitro inactivation of Chlamydia trachomatis by fatty acids and monoglycerides

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2290-2294

  Bergsson, Gudmundur ^a   Arnfinnsson, Jóhann ^b   Karlsson, Sigfús M ^c   Steingrímsson, Ólafur ^c   Thormar, Halldor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; DECANOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL OLEATE; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOIN; PALMITOLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INCUBATION TIME; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031716173     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.9.2290     Document Type: Article

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