Increase in resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-lactams caused by mutations conferring resistance to benzalkonium chloride, a disinfectant widely used in hospitals [1]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3042-3043

  Akimitsu, N ^a   Hamamoto, H ^a   Inoue, R I ^a   Shoji, M ^a   Takemori, K ^a   Hamasaki, N ^a   Sekimizu, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; FLOMOXEF; KANAMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032762848     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.12.3042     Document Type: Letter

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