Why metronidazole is active against both bacteria and parasites

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1533-1541

  Samuelson, John ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FERMENTATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0032780258     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1533     Document Type: Short Survey

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