Open AccessProlonged bacterial exposure to minocycline/rifampicin-impregnated vascular catheters does not affect antimicrobial activity of catheters
Author(s) -
Saima Aslam,
Rabih O. Darouiche
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm173
Subject(s) - minocycline , rifampicin , antimicrobial , medicine , affect (linguistics) , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , philosophy , linguistics
We assessed the in vitro effect of exposing various bacteria to minocycline/rifampicin-impregnated vascular catheters on the antimicrobial activity of the catheters and the antimicrobial susceptibility of tested organisms.
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