Effect of permeabilizers on antibiotic sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-16

  Ayres, H M ^a   Furr, J R ^a   Russell, A D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA-ACETIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICS; NOVOBIOCIN; PS. AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE; TARTARIC ACIDS; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDATE SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; GLUCONIC ACID; METICILLIN; NOVOBIOCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TARTARIC ACID; TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032918401     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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