Levofloxacin cures experimental pneumonic plague in African green monkeys.

• Hlavní autoři: Robert Colby Layton (Autor), William Mega (Autor), Jacob D McDonald (Autor), Trevor L Brasel (Autor), Edward B Barr (Autor), Andrew P Gigliotti (Autor), Frederick Koster (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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BACKGROUND: Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, is considered a potential bioweapon due to rapid lethality when delivered as an aerosol. Levofloxacin was tested for primary pneumonic plague treatment in a nonhuman primate model mimicking human disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-four African Gree...