Modified virulence of antibiotic-induced Burkholderia pseudomallei filaments

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1002-1009

  Chen, Kang ^a   Sun, Guang Wen ^a   Chua, Kim Lee ^a   Gan, Yunn Hwen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOKINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; OFLOXACIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL MOTILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELIOIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN FILAMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14644446158     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.3.1002-1009.2005     Document Type: Article

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