Antibiotic sensitivity and proticine typing of Protous mirabilis strains associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 203-205

  Wilson, C ^a   Senior, B W ^b   Tiwana, H ^a   Caparros Wanderley, W ^a   Ebringer, A ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity; Proteus mirabilis; Proticine production; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; PROTICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACTERIOCINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEROTYPING; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0031936348     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960050035     Document Type: Article

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