Quinoline and cyanine dyes - Putative anti-MRSA drugs

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 479-486

  Wainwright, Mark ^a   Kristiansen, Jette E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Cyanine; Imine; Quinoline; Styryl

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; AMINOACRIDINE; ANION; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BRILLIANT GREEN; CATION; CRYSTAL VIOLET; CYANINE DYE; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMINE; MEROCYANINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROFLAVINE; PYRVINIUM EMBONATE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE RED; QUINOLINE YELLOW; SENSITOL GREEN; SENSITOL RED; STYRYL 430; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0242321775     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(03)00264-4     Document Type: Review

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