Impact of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on growth of multidrug- resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Interactions with amikacin and ceftazidime

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2187-2189

  Giamarellos Bourboulis, E J ^a   Grecka, P ^a   Dionyssiou Asteriou, A ^a   Giamarellou, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PIPERACILLIN; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033944015     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.8.2187-2189.2000     Document Type: Article

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