Effect of some fractions of alveolar surfactant (phospholipids and SP-A) on the bactericidal activity of different antimicrobials against some respiratory pathogens

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 114-119

  Ferrara, A ^a,b   Dos Santos, C ^b   Lupi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alveolar surfactant; Antimicrobials; Phospholipids; Respiratory pathogens; SP A

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFDINIR; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LIPID; LUNG SURFACTANT; NETILMICIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPARFLOXACIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035295451     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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