Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms with a combination of fluoroquinolones and fosfomycin in a rat urinary tract infection model

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 285-290

  Mikuniya, Takeshi ^a   Kato, Yoshihisa ^a   Ida, Takashi ^a   Maebashi, Kazunori ^a   Monden, Koichi ^b   Kariyama, Reiko ^b   Kumon, Hiromi ^b  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fosfomycin; Prulifloxacin; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PRULIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

EID: 35848934375     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0534-7     Document Type: Article

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