The influence of ofloxacin (Tarivid®) on the parasite-host inter-relationship in patients with chronic urinary tract infection

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 297-303

  Funfstuck R ^a   Wolfram, M ^a   Gerth, J ^a   Schubert, K ^a   Straube, E ^a   Stein, G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial cytoadherence; Ofloxacin; Secretory IgA; Tamm Horsfall protein

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; LYSOZYME; OFLOXACIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOPROTEINS; OFLOXACIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0345535628     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00034-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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