Comparative Efficacies of Candidate Antibiotics against Yersinia pestis in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Model

Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, is a potential agent of bioterrorism. Streptomycin is the “gold standard” for the treatment of plague infections in humans, but the drug is not available in many countries, and resistance to this antibiotic occurs naturally and has been generated in...

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Main Authors: Louie, Arnold, VanScoy, Brian, Liu, Weiguo, Kulawy, Robert, Brown, David, Heine, Henry S., Drusano, George L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Experimental Therapeutics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101461/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21486959
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01374-10
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