Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi following antibiotic treatment in mice

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1728-1736

  Hodzic, Emir ^a   Feng, Sunlian ^a   Holden, Kevin ^a   Freet, Kimberly J ^a   Barthold, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; TICK; TISSUE CULTURE; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, SCID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHAETALES; TICKS; XENODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 42949137383     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01050-07     Document Type: Article

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