Sub-MIC concentrations of cefodizime interfere with various factors affecting bacterial virulence

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-25

  Braga, Pier Carlo ^a   Dal Sasso, Monica ^a   Sala, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFODIZIME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; TIME;

EID: 0033968193     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.1.15     Document Type: Article

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