Activities of telithromycin (HMR 3647, RU 66647) compared to those of erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromycin, and other antimicrobial agents against unusual anaerobes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2801-2805

  Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a,b,c   Citron, Diane M ^a   Merriam, C Vreni ^a   Warren, Yumi ^a   Tyrrell, Kerin ^a  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN DERIVATIVE; KETOLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TROVAFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032750507     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.11.2801     Document Type: Article

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