Relationship between the level of acquired resistance to gentamicin and synergism with amoxicillin in Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 4144-4148

  Aslangul, Elisabeth ^a   Ruimy, Raymond ^a,c   Chau, Françoise ^a   Garry, Louis ^b   Andremont, Antoine ^a   Fantin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; RABBITS;

EID: 25844460632     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.10.4144-4148.2005     Document Type: Article

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