Aromatic alcohols and their effect on Gram-negative bacteria, cocci and mycobacteria [1]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1435-1436

  Fraud, S ^a   Rees, E L ^a   Mahenthiralingam, E ^b   Russell, A D ^a   Maillard, J Y ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acromatic alcohols; Gram negatives; Gram positives; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

5 PHENYLPENTANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHLORHEXIDINE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHOSPHATASE; PHTHALALDEHYDE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; LIPOPHILICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PENTANOLS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 0037633236     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg246     Document Type: Letter

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