Reserpine, ouabain and the calcium channel blocker verapamil, cause intracellular killing of Staphylococcus aureus

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Martins, Marta ^a   Viveiros, Miguel ^a   Ordway, Diane ^b   Kristiansen, Jette E ^c   Molnar, Joseph ^d   Amaral, Leonard ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Killing activity; Macrophage; Ouabain; Reserpine; Staphylococcus aureus; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964200353     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2006.203.209     Document Type: Article

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