Esterases in serum-containing growth media counteract chloramphenicol acetyltransferase activity in vitro

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 655-660

  Sohaskey, Charles D ^a,b   Barbour, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOASSAY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033052822     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.3.655     Document Type: Article

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