Penicillin tolerance and modification of lipoteichoic acid associated with expression of vancomycin resistance in VanB-type Enterococcus faecium D366

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 257-259

  Gutmann, Laurent ^a   Al Obeid, Suleiman ^a,c   Billot Klein, Danièle ^a   Ebnet, Edeltraud ^b   Fischer, Werner ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c King Fahad Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030025642     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.1.257     Document Type: Article

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