In vitro activities of telithromycin (HMR 3647) against Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia prowazekii, Coxiella burnetii, Bartonella henselae, Bartonella quintana, Bartonella bacilliformis, and Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1391-1393

  Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Maurin, Max ^a   Bryskier, André ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Hoechst Marion Roussel   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TELITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA; COXIELLA; EHRLICHIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HUMANS; KETOLIDES; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0034007778     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.5.1391-1393.2000     Document Type: Article

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