Rifampicin + ceftriaxone versus vancomycin + ceftriaxone in the treatment of penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis in an experimental rabbit model

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-260

  Suntur, Bedia Mutay ^b   Yurtseven, Taskin ^a   Sipahi, Oguz Resat ^a   Buke, Cagri ^a   Buke, Munir ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kutahya Evliya Celebi State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Experimental meningitis; Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Pneumococcal meningitis; Rifampicin; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RABBITS; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 24044450808     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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