Failure of oily chloramphenicol depot injection to treat plague in a murine model

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 541-545

  Rahalison, Lila ^a   Guiyoule, Annie ^b   Bonacorsi, Stephane P ^c   Slacanin, Ivan ^d   Chanteau, Suzanne ^a   Carniel, Elisabeth ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d Laboratoire Central   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASTRAPIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; SPLEEN; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034072515     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.4.541     Document Type: Article

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