Evaluation of antimicrobial regimens in a guinea-pig model of meningitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-441

  Maiques, José Maria ^a   Doménech, Alejandro ^a   Cabellos, Carmen ^a   Fernández, Antonio ^a   Ribes, Sandra ^a   Tubau, Fe ^a   Gudiol, Francesc ^a   Viladrich, Pedro F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal models; CNS infection; Meropenem

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUINEA PIG; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33947404431     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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