Antagonism between aminoglycosides and β-lactams in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate involves induction of an aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1516-1521

  Ida, Takashi ^a   Okamoto, Ryoichi ^a   Nonoyama, Masato ^a   Irinoda, Kazuhiko ^a   Kurazono, Mizuyo ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DNA FRAGMENT; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; LIVIDOMYCIN; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETILMICIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036233755     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.5.1516-1521.2002     Document Type: Article

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