Antimicrobial profiles of Prevotella spp. and Fusobacterium nucleatum isolated from periodontal infections in a selected area of southern Italy

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Mosca, Adriana ^a   Miragliotta, Luisa ^a   Iodice, Maria Antonietta ^a   Abbinante, Antonia ^a   Miragliotta, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antibiotic resistance; Fusobacterium; Prevotella

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 35748948061     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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