Antibacterial activity of clonidine and neostigmine in vitro

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Boselli, Emmanuel ^a   Guillier, Marion ^a   Freney, Jean ^b   Mazoyer, Marie Andrée ^b   Casoli, Emmanuelle ^b   Renaud, François R N ^b   Rimmelé, Thomas ^a   Chassard, Dominique ^a   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Microbiologi   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; NEOSTIGMINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CLONIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOSTIGMINE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 20744456884     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000153500.68193.F7     Document Type: Article

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