Active efflux of norfloxacin by Bacteroides fragilis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2119-2121

  Miyamae, Shin ^a   Nikaido, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Yoshinobu ^a   Yoshimura, Fuminobu ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; NORFLOXACIN; PUROMYCIN; RESERPINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031928707     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.8.2119     Document Type: Article

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