The thioamides methimazole and thiourea inhibit growth of M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis in culture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Greenstein, Robert J ^a   Su, Liya ^a   Brown, Sheldon T ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONENSIN; PHTHALIMIDE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THIOUREA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROHN DISEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PROKARYOTA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; METHIMAZOLE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; THIOUREA;

EID: 77956200398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011099     Document Type: Article

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