Article
[Beta-lactam antibiotics (ampicillin, cefotaxime) in prevention of experimental plague in albino mice, caused by non-fractioned strains of the pathogen].
Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic] - 1 Jul 1994
Samokhodkina E D, Ryzhko I V, Tsuraeva R I, Pasiukov V V
Abstract excerpt
The prophylactic action of betalactam antibiotics such as ampicillin and cefotaxime in plague was studied on albino mice infected subcutaneously by Fra+ (Y. pestis 231) and Fra- (Y. pestis 231 Fra-, K-16) variants of the plague microbe. Ampicillin, a semisynthetic penicillin, was prophylactically...
Topics
- Ampicillin
- Animals
- Cefotaxime
- Cell Fractionation
- Genetic Variation
- Mice
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phenotype
- Plague
- Yersinia pestis