Quantitative PCR assay to evaluate ampicillin, ofloxacin, and doxycycline for treatment of experimental leptospirosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 848-853

  Truccolo, Johann ^a   Charavay, Françoise ^a   Merien, Fabrice ^a   Perolat, Philippe ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG MONITORING; HEART; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPLEEN; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CRICETINAE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MESOCRICETUS; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036174179     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.3.848-853.2002     Document Type: Article

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