Combined effects of vancomycin and imipenem against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-460

  Totsuka, Kyoichi ^a   Shiseki, Masayuki ^a   Kikuchi, Ken ^a   Matsui, Yuka ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CILASTATIN; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THIGH;

ANIMALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; IMIPENEM; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPENIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032866579     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.4.455     Document Type: Article

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