Efficacy of ciprofloxacin-gentamicin combination therapy in murine bubonic plague.

Potential benefits of combination antibiotic therapy for the treatment of plague have never been evaluated. We compared the efficacy of a ciprofloxacin (CIN) and gentamicin (GEN) combination therapy with that of each antibiotic administered alone (i) against Yersinia pestis in vitro and (ii) in a mo...

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Main Authors: Nadine Lemaître, Isabelle Ricard, Elizabeth Pradel, Benoît Foligné, René Courcol, Michel Simonet, Florent Sebbane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527559?pdf=render