Why metronidazole is active against both bacteria and parasites

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Jul;43(7):1533-41. doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.7.1533.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Eukaryota / drug effects*
  • Fermentation
  • Ketone Oxidoreductases / physiology
  • Metronidazole / pharmacokinetics
  • Metronidazole / pharmacology*
  • Oxidative Phosphorylation
  • Phylogeny
  • Pyruvate Synthase

Substances

  • Metronidazole
  • Ketone Oxidoreductases
  • Pyruvate Synthase