Efficacy of linezolid in experimental otitis media

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 654-657

  Pelton, S I ^a,c   Figueira, M ^a   Albut, R ^a   Stalker, D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; DRUG EFFICACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACETAMIDES; AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINCHILLA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; OXAZOLES; OXAZOLIDINONES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033993691     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.3.654-657.2000     Document Type: Article

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