Increased production of penicillin-binding protein 2, increased detection of other penicillin-binding proteins, and decreased coagulase activity associated with glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1788-1793

  Moreira, Beatriz ^a,c   Boyle Vavra, Susan ^a   DeJonge, Boudewijn L M ^b,d   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hospital Universitario   (Brazil)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAVULANIC ACID; COAGULASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030872458     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.8.1788     Document Type: Article

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