Trovafloxacin in combination with vancomycin against penicillin- resistant pneumococci in the rabbit meningitis model

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 963-965

  Rodoni, Dina ^a   Hänni, Fränzi ^a   Gerber, Cynthia M ^a   Cottagnoud, Marianne ^a   Neftel, Klaus ^a   Täuber, Martin G ^a   Cottagnoud, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALATROFLOXACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0344609231     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.4.963     Document Type: Article

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