Colonial morphology of staphylococci on memphis agar: Phase variation of slime production, resistance to β-lactam antibiotics, and virulence

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1153-1169

  Christensen, Gordon D ^a,b,c   Baddour, Larry M ^a,b,c   Madison, Bereneice M ^a,b,c   Parisi, Joseph T ^a,b,c   Abraham, Soman N ^a,b,c   Hasty, David L ^a,b,c   Lowrance, Jon H ^a,b,c   Josephs, Joseph A ^a,b,c   Simpson, W Andrew ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Veteran's Association Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METICILLIN; NITROSOGUANIDINE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTICS, LACTAM; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0025282263     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/161.6.1153     Document Type: Article

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