In vitro efficacy of antibiotics commonly used to treat human plague against intracellular Yersinia pestis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3752-3757

  Wendte, Jered M ^a,b   Ponnusamy, Duraisamy ^a   Reiber, Deanna ^a,c   Blair, Jeffrey L ^a,d   Clinkenbeard, Kenneth D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Belgium Branch   (Belgium)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BROTH DILUTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLAGUE; STREPTOMYCIN; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79960326363     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01481-10     Document Type: Article

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