Clarithromycin mediated the expression of polymorphonuclear granulocyte response against Streptococcus pneumoniae strains with different patterns of susceptibility and resistance to penicillin and clarithromycin

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-44

  Cuffini, A M ^a   Tullio, V ^a   Mandras, N ^a   Roana, J ^a   Scalas, D ^a   Banche, G ^a   Carlone, N A ^a  

^a Institute of Microbiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SCREENING; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPHILS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036244066     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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