Morphostructural Damage and the Inhibition of Bacterial Adhesiveness of Staphylococcus aureus and Moraxella catarrhalis Induced by Moxifloxacin

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Braga, P C ^a,c   Culici, M ^a   Ricci, D ^b   Dal Sasso, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Farmacologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Bacterial adhesion; M. catarrhalis; Moxifloxacin; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DRUG MECHANISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1242272804     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2003.15.6.543     Document Type: Article

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