Squalamine, an original chemosensitizer to combat antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-801

  Lavigne, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Brunel, Jean Michel ^a,c   Chevalier, Jacqueline ^a   Pagès, Jean Marie ^a  

^a Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Membrane permeability; Multidrug resistance; Transporters

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CEFEPIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; PHENYLALANINE ARGININE BETA NAPHTHYLAMIDE; PORIN; SQUALAMINE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLESTANOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLESTANOLS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77952572015     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq031     Document Type: Letter

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