Diffusion of macrolide antibiotics through the outer membrane of Moraxella catarrhalis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 196-200

  Tsujimoto, Hideto ^a   Gotoh, Naomasa ^a   Nishino, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LPS; Macrolide antibiotics; Moraxella catarrhalis; Outer membrane; Permeation; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON 14; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; JOSAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OCTANE; PARA XYLENE; PHOSPHORUS 32; ROKITAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033398734     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101560050034     Document Type: Article

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