Effect of subinhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial agents (quinolones and macrolide) on the production of verotoxin by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 732-739

  Yoh, M ^a,b   Frimpong, E K ^a   Voravuthikunchai, S P ^a   Honda, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EHEC; Macrolide; O157:H7; Quinolone; Verotoxine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NORFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPARFLOXACIN; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033306621     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-069     Document Type: Article

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