In vivo efficacies of amoxicillin and cefuroxime against penicillin- resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a gerbil model of acute otitis media

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1361-1364

  Cenjor, Carlos ^a   Ponte, Carmen ^a   Parra, Araceli ^a   Nieto, Eva ^a   García Calvo, Gloria ^a   Giménez, María José ^b   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^b   Soriano, Francisco ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b SmithKline Beecham   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; GERBIL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031835166     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.6.1361     Document Type: Article

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