The ability of certain antimutagenic agents to prevent development of antibiotic resistance

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 496, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 61-73

  Pillai, Segaran P ^a   Pillai, Christine A ^a   Shankel, Delbert M ^a   Mitscher, Lester A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimutagenesis; Catechins; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA LACTAM; CATECHIN; CEFOXITIN; CILASTATIN; CINOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINAFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; IMIPENEM; LOMEFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXOLINIC ACID; PIPEMIDIC ACID; PIROMIDIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CATECHIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHIDIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEA;

EID: 0035922203     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(01)00219-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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