Impact of pH on bacterial growth and activity of recent fluoroquinolones in pooled urine

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-252

  Erdogan Yildirim, Zeynep ^a   Burian, Angela ^a   Manafi, Mohammad ^b   Zeitlinger, Markus ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Levofloxacin; Loxifloxacin; PH; UTI

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; URINE ACIDIFICATION; URINE PH;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA;

EID: 79952898296     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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