Antibacterial efficacy of nisin against multidrug-resistant Grampositive pathogens

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-347

  Severina, Elena ^a,b,c   Severin, Anatoly ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NISIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; NISIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031949637     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/41.3.341     Document Type: Article

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