Penicillin-binding proteins in the pathogenic intestinal spirochete Brachyspira pilosicoli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1561-1563

  Dassanayake, Rohana P ^a   Sarath, Gautam ^b   Duhamel, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DIGOXIGENIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 16244367121     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1561-1563.2005     Document Type: Article

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