In vitro effects of penicillin and telithromycin on the expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 678-679

  Brook, Itzhak ^a   Hausfeld, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsular formation; Resistance; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; TELITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; HUMANS; KETOLIDES; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33747892703     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl261     Document Type: Article

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