In Vitro Evaluation of a New Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3713-3718

  Carlsson, S ^a   Govoni, M ^a   Wiklund, N P ^a   Weitzberg, E ^b   Lundberg, J O ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Nicox Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SODIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE ACIDIFICATION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROFURANTOIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM NITRITE; TRIMETHOPRIM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0344443245     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.12.3713-3718.2003     Document Type: Article

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