Effect of mono-dose intraperitoneal cecropins in experimental septic shock

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1666-1669

  Giacometti, Andrea ^a,b   Cirioni, Oscar ^a   Ghiselli, Roberto ^a   Viticchi, Claudio ^a   Mocchegiani, Federico ^a   Riva, Alessandra ^a   Saba, Vittorio ^a   Scalise, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b c/o Ospedale Regionale ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cecropins; Endotoxin; Escherichia coli; Polycationic peptides; Septic shock; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; CECROPIN A; CECROPIN B; CECROPIN P1; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTOXEMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034840485     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200109000-00002     Document Type: Article

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