Studies of the killing kinetics of benzylpenicillin, cefuroxime, azithromycin, and sparftoxacin on bacteria in the postantibiotic phase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2522-2526

  Odenholt, Inga ^a   Löwdin, Elisabeth ^a   Cars, Otto ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME; PENICILLIN G; SPARFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0343471520     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2522     Document Type: Article

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