A new method for assessing metronidazole susceptibility of Giardia lamblia trophozoites

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2939-2942

  Ceu Sousa M ^a   Poiares Da Silva, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0344146474     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.12.2939     Document Type: Article

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