Antimicrobial activity of a series of 1-alkyl-2-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium bromides against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 377-381

  Denny, B J ^a   Novotny, L ^a   West, P W J ^a   Blesova, M ^b   Zamocka, J ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c State Institute of Drug Control   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alkyl chain; Bipyridyl; Efflux pumps; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Micelle

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BROMIDE; CARBON; CITRATE SODIUM; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RESERPINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICELLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CITRATES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RESERPINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 26644446483     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088108     Document Type: Article

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