Telithromycin and quinupristin-dalfopristin induce delayed death in Plasmodium falciparum

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 774-777

  Barthel, Diana ^a   Schlitzer, Martin ^b   Pradel, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TELITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DEATH EFFECT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SCHIZONT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KETOLIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 38649100642     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00892-07     Document Type: Article

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