The effects of subminimal inhibitory concentrations of β-lactam antibiotics against Clostridium perfringens

Microbios

Volumn 105, Issue 412, 2001, Pages 163-174

  Kondo, Fusao ^a   Kuroki, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

lactam antibiotics; Clostridium perfringens; Morphological changes; Polymorphonuclear leucocytes; Sub MIC

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBITS;

EID: 0035235463     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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