In vivo therapeutic effect of gatifloxacin on BALB/c mice infected with Nocardia brasiliensis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1549-1550

  Daw Garza, Alejandra ^a   Welsh, Oliverio ^a   Said Fernández, Salvador ^c   Lozano Garza, Hector Gerardo ^c   De Torres, Noemi Waksman ^b   Rocha, Norma Cavazos ^b   Ocampo Candiani, Jorge ^a   Vera Cabrera, Lucio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARENOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OXAZOLIDINONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049089930     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00148-08     Document Type: Article

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