Inhibition of Escherichia coli-induced meningitis by carboxyfullerence

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2273-2277

  Tsao, Nina ^a   Kanakamma, Puthuparampil P ^b   Luh, Tien Yau ^b   Chou, Chen Kung ^c   Lei, Huan Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOXYFULLERENE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CHRONOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032853059     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.9.2273     Document Type: Article

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