A differential drug screen for compounds that select against antibiotic resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Chait, Remy ^a   Shrestha, Shreya ^b   Shah, Aakash Kaushik ^b   Michel, Jean Baptiste ^a   Kishony, Roy ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ISOPROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SOIL;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SOIL; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 78650158551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015179     Document Type: Article

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