Dynamic interactions between cephalexin and macrophages on different Staphylococcus aureus inoculum sizes: a tripartite in vitro model

Abstract Background The bactericidal activity of an antimicrobial drug is generally assessed by in vitro bacterial time-kill experiments which do not include any components of the immune system, even though the innate immunity, the primary host defence, is probably able to kill a large proportion of...

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Main Authors: Elodie Anne Lallemand, Claudine Zemirline, Pierre-Louis Toutain, Alain Bousquet-Melou, Aude A. Ferran, Séverine Boullier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-02746-8