Eagle effect in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2118-2120

  Grandière Pérez, Lucia ^a,c   Jacqueline, Cedric ^a   Lemabecque, Virginie ^a   Patey, Olivier ^b   Potel, Gilles ^a   Caillon, Jocelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EAGLE EFFECT; ENDOCARDITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RABBITS;

EID: 20444420832     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430350     Document Type: Article

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