Efficacy of linezolid against methicillin-resistant or vancomycin-insensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a model of hematogenous pulmonary infection

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3288-3291

  Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a   Kaneko, Yukihiro ^a   Sawai, Toyomitsu ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^a   Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Hirakata, Yoichi ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Murata, Ikuo ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; OXAZOLIDINONES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0036783660     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.10.3288-3291.2002     Document Type: Article

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