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Activities of various macrolide antibiotics against Mycobacterium leprae infection in mice.

We evaluated the activities of several macrolide antibiotics against M. leprae infections in mouse footpads. Erythromycin and azithromycin were inactive, while both roxithromycin and clarithromycin were found to be consistently active and, in fact, bactericidal. By both methods, clarithromycin was f...

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Main Authors: Gelber, R H, Siu, P, Tsang, M, Murray, L P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC245094/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1648889
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