Phenotypic expression of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis: Roles of mecA transcriptional regulation and resistant- subpopulation selection

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1616-1623

  Dickinson, Tanja M ^a   Archer, Gordon L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN MECA; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; NOVOBIOCIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034117235     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.6.1616-1623.2000     Document Type: Article

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