COMBINED THERAPY WITH CO-AMOXICLAV AND ERYTHROMYCIN AGAINST INTRACELLULAR LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA IN CELL - CULTURE AND IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RESPIRATORY-INFECTION IN NEUTROPENIC RATS

Authors
SMITH GM ABBOTT KH BEALE AS
Citation
Gm. Smith et al., COMBINED THERAPY WITH CO-AMOXICLAV AND ERYTHROMYCIN AGAINST INTRACELLULAR LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA IN CELL - CULTURE AND IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RESPIRATORY-INFECTION IN NEUTROPENIC RATS, Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 35(6), 1995, pp. 889-893
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03057453
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
889 - 893
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7453(1995)35:6<889:CTWCAE>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A combination of co-amoxiclav and erythromycin has been shown in these studies to be more effective than either agent alone against intracel lular Legionella pneumophila in MRC-5 cells and following oral adminis tration in an experimental respiratory infection in neutropenic rats.