Triton X-100-induced lipoteichoic acid release is correlated with the methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-79

  Ohta, Kouji ^a   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Sugai, Motoyuki ^a   Suginaka, Hidekazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lipoteichoic acid; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Triton X 100

Indexed keywords

LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCTOXYNOL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033989880     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00564-9     Document Type: Article

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